Just hours after resigning as the chief of Bharatiya Janata Party\u2019s Bengal youth wing and attacking the state party leadership on Wednesday, MP Saumitra Khan decided to withdraw his resignation apparently after assurances from senior party leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday evening, after the induction of four BJP leaders from West Bengal as junior ministers in the Central government, Khan stepped down from the post he was holding and attacked Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. Khan thanked the Central party leadership for choosing four BJP leaders from Bengal as ministers, but alleged that Suvendu Adhikari was trying to take credit for everything. Khan also attacked the state BJP president Dilip Ghosh.<\/p>\n
In the video that he posted on Facebook, Saumitra Khan said that Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was repeatedly going to Delhi and \u201cmisleading\u201d the Central leadership of the party. \u201cHe is projecting before everyone that he is everything, and there\u2019s only focus on him,\u201d Khan said, adding that Adhikari has also been asking for favours for his family members. \u201cEarlier he used to project himself as a big Trinamool leader, and now he is doing the same in the BJP,\u201d Khan said. He added that the state party chief, despite being told about the areas of differences, could not grasp the entire matter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have all made sacrifices, he (Adhikari) is not the only one. I would urge him to look at himself in the mirror and to introspect,\u201d Khan said. \u201cFrom today, due to personal reasons, I am relieving myself of the responsibility of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) state unit. I was in BJP, I am in BJP, and will continue to be a part of it,\u201d Khan, who had joined the BJP from Trinamool Congress in 2018, wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n
However, later, he took to social media again to announce: \u201cI take an opportunity to inform that under instruction of our BJP leaders BL Santhosh Ji,Amit Shah Ji and Tejasvi Surya Ji, I withdraw my resignation as a mark of respect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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