Changed seat, short campaign & ‘anti-BJP’ mood — ex-MP Dilip Ghosh lists reasons for Medinipur loss

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Medinipur/Kolkata: Dilip Ghosh might have lost this round against the Trinamool Congress (TMC), but he continues to remain a central figure among Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in West Bengal...

If Dilip da (elder brother) would have stood for polls in Medinipur, he would have won, exclaimed a party worker who has been an ardent supporter of the former state BJP chief since 2015..

With Ghosh having contested the Lok Sabha polls from Bardhaman-Durgapur seat, the BJP office in Medinipur is missing the usual buzz, adds the worker...

In Medinipur, BJPs Lok Sabha candidate Agnimitra Paul lost to June Maliah of the TMC by a margin of more than 27,000 votes.Paul, while giving credit to Ghosh for building the partys organisation in Medinipur, dismissed claims that there was sabotage by leaders close to him in the district...

A state BJP leader who did not want to be named said that while credit goes to Dilip Ghosh for BJPs impressive electoral showing in West Bengal up until 2021, it doesnt mean Sukanta Majumdar who succeeded Ghosh as state BJP president failed to perform. I ..