Durgapur, July 15 -- The BJP leadership in West Bengal is busy making arrangements to greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday as his brief visit is seen as a precursor to the saffron camp's renewed attempt to upstage Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the 2026 assembly elections.
After being elected unopposed as party president of the state unit, Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya, known for his coolness and fine oration, has been trying to unite the rank and file of the party before the 2026 polls.
Former state president Dilip Ghosh, who had been sidelined from the party's mainstream activity, especially after his visit to Digha in response to Mamata Banerjee's invitation for the inauguration of
Jagannath temple on April 30, will ...