The first phase of the reshuffle will start at the booth level, where the existing committees will be dissolved to constitute fresh committees
Agartala: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Tripura is set for a total reboot of the organisation with a rejig at all levels – from booths, mandals and district committees to the state committee – ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
According to party insiders, the BJP in Tripura will significantly restructure its organisation in light of the lessons learned from the recent 2023 Tripura Assembly election.
“The first phase of the reshuffle will start at the booth level, where the existing committees will be dissolved to constitute fresh committees. Report card of each party worker is with the top leaders and instructions will be passed to form the new committees according to those by the end of May,” a senior leader said on conditions of anonymity.
In the second and third phase, he said, Mandal and District Committees will go for reforms based on a similar formula. “Those who have worked will get promotion and poor performers will have to relinquish their charge. At the end, the state committee will be reconstituted.”
“If BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharjee fights the Dhanpur by-election, he might hang his boots for someone deserving for the post. So far, two names are in discussion for the constituency—former Deputy CM Jishnu Dev Varma and BJP state President Rajib Bhattacharjee.
The saffron party may also place the bet on Subal Bhowmik, who is well known for hasty political somersaults. If Bhattacherjee is fielded, then the race for a new President will begin,” the senior BJP leader added.