The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday formed committees to plan for the party\u2019s course of action in the coming civic body polls in Kolkata and Howrah.<\/p>\n
Former Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi, who had switched over to the BJP prior to the Assembly polls earlier this year, is heading the committee for Kolkata. Another former Trinamool Congress leader who is now with the BJP \u2013 Rathin Chakraborty will be in charge of the party\u2019s activities for Howrah for the coming civic body polls.<\/p>\n
There have been discontent among BJP workers for not giving bigger responsibilities of the party to those who have been earlier with Trinamool Congress. But Wednesday\u2019s decision indicates that the top leaders of the party have still chosen former Trinamool leaders yet again.<\/p>\n
Tushar Kanti Ghosh, Rudranil Ghosh, Vijay Ojha and Vaishali Dalmiya will be part of the Kolkata committee. Among them, only Tushar Kanti Ghosh has been with the BJP from the start and the others are all from Trinamool Congress. Arjun Singh \u2013 also a former Trinamool leader now with the BJP \u2013 will be the party\u2019s observer for Kolkata civic polls, among others.<\/p>\n
The Howrah committee has Manoj Pandey and Supriti Chattopadhyay in addition to Rathin Chakraborty. Manoj Pandey was earlier with Congress and Supriti Chattopadhyay was with Trinamool Congress earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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