Bengal ex-BJP chief protests plum posts for turncoats

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Bengal ex-BJP chief protests plum posts for turncoats

Sunday, 27 September 2020 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

Bengal ex-BJP chief protests plum posts for turncoats

The reports of growing rift within the Bengal BJP that was hitherto ruled out by party stalwarts on Saturday came to the fore with senior leader and former State party president Rahul Sinha speaking out openly against the central leadership’s decision to honour Trinamool Congress defectors with priced posts at the cost of time-tested performers.

Sinha’s outburst came hours after Mukul Roy and Anupam Hazra were elevated to the post of BJP national vice president and national general secretary respectively.

Both the leaders had defected from the TMC with former once being Chief Minister Mamata Baneree’s Man Friday.

Refusing to hide his anger Sinha said, he was higly disappointed “at the way the TMC defectors are being honoured in the party at cost of old time-tested workers.”

Sinha was replaced by Hazra a former TMC MP. Apparently expecting some ‘compensatory’ arrangement from the party high command Sinha said, he would come out with a detailed statement a few days later.

“I will speak up in details 10-12 days later but for now I can say that I am extremely disappointed by the new arrangement where TMC defectors have been honoured with priced posts… Is this the reward I got for serving the party for the past 40 years?” he said adding “nothing can be more unfortunate and disappointing than this.”

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