<p id="thickbox_headline">BJP's West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday dissolved all the departments and cells of the party in the state amid growing resentment among its leaders.</p>.<p>The BJP has 35 departments and 15 cells in West Bengal. Among these are the legal department and the refugee cell.</p>.<p>"As per instructions of Dr Sukanta Majumdar, all departments and cells stand dissolved till the time they are reconstituted, and new appointments are made," said a statement issued by the state BJP.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/exodus-from-bjp-continues-as-third-minister-two-more-mlas-resign-in-up-1070753.html" target="_blank">Exodus from BJP continues as third minister, two more MLAs resign in UP</a></strong></p>.<p>The announcement was made days after Union Minister Shantanu Thakur, a leader from the politically powerful Matua community, quit the party's WhatsApp groups amid disappointment over the newly-formed state office bearers' committee.</p>.<p>Last month, five MLAs had left the WhatsApp groups in protest after being dropped from the committee.</p>.<p>A senior state BJP leader said dissolving the departments and cells is a usual process in the party after a new president takes over.</p>.<p>"Whenever a new president takes charge, he forms new committees, departments and cells. After Sukanta Majumdar took over last year, he did not form the new committees and cells," he said.</p>.<p>However, a disgruntled BJP leader said all the party old-timers and experienced leaders have been sidelined by the new dispensation in the state unit.</p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">BJP's West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday dissolved all the departments and cells of the party in the state amid growing resentment among its leaders.</p>.<p>The BJP has 35 departments and 15 cells in West Bengal. Among these are the legal department and the refugee cell.</p>.<p>"As per instructions of Dr Sukanta Majumdar, all departments and cells stand dissolved till the time they are reconstituted, and new appointments are made," said a statement issued by the state BJP.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/exodus-from-bjp-continues-as-third-minister-two-more-mlas-resign-in-up-1070753.html" target="_blank">Exodus from BJP continues as third minister, two more MLAs resign in UP</a></strong></p>.<p>The announcement was made days after Union Minister Shantanu Thakur, a leader from the politically powerful Matua community, quit the party's WhatsApp groups amid disappointment over the newly-formed state office bearers' committee.</p>.<p>Last month, five MLAs had left the WhatsApp groups in protest after being dropped from the committee.</p>.<p>A senior state BJP leader said dissolving the departments and cells is a usual process in the party after a new president takes over.</p>.<p>"Whenever a new president takes charge, he forms new committees, departments and cells. After Sukanta Majumdar took over last year, he did not form the new committees and cells," he said.</p>.<p>However, a disgruntled BJP leader said all the party old-timers and experienced leaders have been sidelined by the new dispensation in the state unit.</p>