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Recently, Dilip Ghosh has been replaced by Sukanta Majumdar in the state. Tathagata Roy also wrote that he was sympathising more and more with Ghosh as matters were coming to light.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Roy took to Twitter today to write: \u201cAs more facts come to my knowledge, I find myself commiserating with @DilipGhoshBJP. He had been turned into a helpless pawn by central leaders posted here (henceforth KSA team). Dilip practically said so. The total story of BJP\u2019s suicide in W Bengal is gradually coming to light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though he did not elaborate, KSA is being seen by some BJP leaders as implying Kailash Vijayvarghiya, Shiv Prakash and Arvind Menon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former governor of Tripura and Meghalaya Tathagata Roy has said that former Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party chief Dilip Ghosh was made into a \u201chelpless pawn\u201d by the Central leaders of the party posted in the state ahead of the Assembly polls earlier this year. Roy himself was the state\u2019s BJP chief earlier. 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