BJP workers from Hooghly take protest against Balagarh nominee to Salt Lake office The protest took place on a day when BJP national president Nitin Nabin was holding a series of meetings at a private hotel in New Town, barely 9km awayBJP state president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday talks to the party workers protesting against the Balagarh nomineeSnehamoy ChakrabortyA group of BJP workers from Hooghly district on Tuesday agitated at the party’s Salt Lake office, demanding the replacement of Sumana Sarkar with someone from the old guard as the Balagarh candidate. BJP workers from Balagarh alleged that Sarkar had been inducted from the Trinamool Congress, and her associates had tortured BJP activists. Nearly 60 BJP workers sat in front of the entrance to the state office and staged the protest when Sarkar was attending a meeting with Nabin at the New Town hotel. After more than three hours of the protest, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya reached the party office and spoke to the agitators. That is why everyone wants to become a BJP candidate.”Nabin meetingsNabin, who reached Calcutta on Tuesday morning, will hold several organisational meetings on Wednesday, including one at the BJP’s state office in Salt Lake.

Source: The Telegraph March 25, 2026 02:00 UTC