Kolkata, May 6 (UNI) BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya said that the oath-taking ceremony of the new chief minister will take place on May 9 at Brigade Parade Ground, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah will be present.
“The oath-taking ceremony will take place at Brigade Parade Ground on May 9. Preparations are underway for a smooth and dignified swearing-in ceremony, and we are coordinating closely with the administration to ensure everything is in place,” Bhattacharya said.
Bhattacharya, along with BJP’s central observer for the state Sunil Bansal, Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, and Soumitra Khan, met Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariwala on Tuesday evening to discuss arrangements for the event.
A meeting of BJP MLAs has been scheduled for May 8, where the leadership is expected to finalise key decisions ahead of the swearing-in.
Though there have been growing speculations over the BJP’s first chief ministerial face in the state, the state BJP president refused to make any comment on it.
However, before entering the state secretariat at Nabanna, the BJP state president asserted that post-poll violence would not be tolerated and reiterated the party’s firm stance against what he termed the “Trinamoolisation” of the BJP.
Addressing the media, Bhattacharyay said, “This is largely a fight between Trinamool and Trinamool. Some people are carrying the BJP’s flag and doing all these things. This will not be tolerated. switching sides from the Trinamool Congress to the BJP in the wake of the election results would not be accommodated in the party.”
“We will not allow opportunistic entrants to dilute the ideology and legacy of the BJP. The party has been built through decades of hard work and sacrifice,” he said.
“If any BJP worker or a leader is found resorting to violence, he will be thrown out of the party. I, being the state president, have the authority to do so, and if I can’t, I shall step down. Give me names and photographs, and I shall take action,” he added.
However, the state BJP president has made it clear that the party is not in power now. “We are yet to take responsibility. This is a buffering period, and the Election Commission and the Governor will have to take the responsibility,” he said.
Bhattacharya also alleged that BJP workers had been targeted in the aftermath of the election results and claimed that at least two party members had lost their lives.
He maintained that the party does not support violence under any circumstances and had already urged the state administration to take strict action to maintain law and order.
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