West Bengal BJP suspends senior leaders, actors quit party
The Hindu
The State unit suspended Joy Prakash Majumdar and Ritesh Tiwari for the time being till disciplinary proceedings against the leaders are not complete
The (BJP) on Monday suspended two of its former vice-presidents only a day after issuing show cause notice to the leaders. The State unit suspended Joy Prakash Majumdar and Ritesh Tiwari for the time being till disciplinary proceedings against the leaders are not complete. On Sunday, the party issued show cause notice to both BJP leaders.
The two were dropped from their respective party posts in the recent organisational reshuffle after Sukanta Majumdar assumed the charge of president of the West Bengal BJP. These two senior BJP leaders had held meetings with and Bongaon MP Santanu Thakur on different occasions.
Reacting to the developments, Mr. Tiwari said that the never in the history of the party had a leader been suspended only a day after show cause letters were issued and denied any opportunity to reply to the notice. Both these leaders are well-known faces of the State BJP and had served as party spokespersons. The development has once again brought to fore the internal squabbles which has been surfacing regularly over the past few months.