Who is Samik Bhattacharya, Bengal BJP's new president? What are the challenges for him ahead of election?

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Samik Bhattacharya will be the new president of the West Bengal BJP, as he was the only candidate to file nominations.

Who is Samik Bhattacharya, Bengal BJP's new president? What are the challenges for him ahead of election?

Samik Bhattacharya, a senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP, is set to become the new president of the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party, as no other candidate filed nomination for the post till the deadline on Wednesday.

Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya (2nd from left) files his nomination for the post of West Bengal BJP president in the presence of Union MoS and current state party chief Sukanta Majumdar, LoP in the West Bengal legislative assembly Suvendu Adhikari and others in Kolkata on Wednesday. (ANI)

Accompanied by outgoing state president Sukanta Majumdar and Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly Suvendu Adhikari, Samik Bhattacharya submitted his nomination papers at the party’s office in Salt Lake in the afternoon.

In the 2021 assembly election, the BJP had won 77 seats. Since then, the tally has come down to 65, with 12 seats lost either due to by-polls caused by the demise of MLAs or defections to the ruling TMC.

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