BJP announces 43 district committees for 42 LS seats in Bengal

The West Bengal unit of the BJP on Sunday announced new organisational structure in the party, forming 43 district committees which have been assigned with the task of holding party activities for the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state ahead of next year’s general elections. Under the overhauled system, the three Lok Sabha seats in minority-dominated Murshidabad district, which were till date managed by two district committees, will now be handled by three committees with each overseeing one Lok Sabha seat in the district. The lone Lok Sabha seat in Darjeeling will be overseen by two district committees — one for the hill areas in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong, and the other for the plains that come under the Darjeeling parliamentary constituency.