Kolkata, July 3 -- Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajya Sabha MP, Samik Bhattacharya, was unanimously elected as the party's West Bengal president on Thursday, succeeding Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar.

The election of the new state president comes as the party looks to challenge the incumbent Trinamool Congress in the upcoming 2026 Assembly polls in the state. Bhattacharya is a former West Bengal Assembly MLA from the Basirhat constituency from 2014 to 2016 and was elected as a Rajya Sabha MP representing the state from April 2024.

The new state president has succeeded Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, who was elected to his post four years ago, on September 20, 2021.

Earlier today, after celebrating the election, Majumdar said that this el...