Shamik BhattacharyaтАЩs reputation hardly needs elaboration. What many Bengalis see as excessive restraint appears less ideological and more rooted in the Nagpur school of politics. The frustration is understandable because BJP leaders unburdened by those roots have often been far more direct, assertive, and unambiguous in their political articulation.
Things are getting out of control for the BJP Bengal leadership.
An anguished BJP karyakarta, Saheb Mondal, expresses anger and frustration at BJP State President Samik Bhattacharya for espousing "Gandhian values" and threatening to expel BJP karyakartas for retribution.