Infighting in West Bengal BJP comes to the fore amid party chief JP Nadda's state visit

 BJP national president J P Nadda's visit to West Bengal is significant as the state BJP unit, which is still licking its wounds after the defeat in the Assembly polls held in 2021, is plagued by infighting and exodus to the ruling Trinamool Congress.

Kolkata: In the midst of the ongoing visit by BJP national president J P Nadda, who arrived here on a two-day visit to West Bengal to hold organisational meetings, infighting in the party's state unit came out in the open on Wednesday with its vice-president Raju Banerjee claiming that he was not invited to the state executive meeting.

Nadda's visit to West Bengal is significant as the state BJP unit, which is still licking its wounds after the defeat in the Assembly polls held in 2021, is plagued by infighting and exodus to the ruling Trinamool Congress. Several senior leaders are engaged in feuds on and off social media, leaving little time for the party's growth, said a PTI report. 

Banerjee claimed that he was neither informed nor invited to any of the meetings that Nadda is scheduled to hold with the state office bearers. 

"I have neither been informed nor received any invite for our national president J P Nadda Ji's programme. I don't know why. I will ask the party leadership why I was not invited," PTI quoted Banerjee as saying. 

Raju Banerjee is considered to be close to BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, who was recently warned by the party's top brass for speaking against the state unit,