Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya named new West Bengal BJP president

Samik Bhattacharya, a senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP, has been officially declared the new president of the West Bengal unit. Elected unopposed, Bhattacharya received his certificate from Ravi Shankar Prasad at a ceremony in Science City. He succeeds Sukanta Majumdar and is set to lead the party into the crucial 2026 assembly elections.