Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh dismissed all district committees of the party’s youth wing on Friday, a move that yet again brought the organisation’s inner conflict out in the open.

Saumitra Khan, the state chief of the Yuva Morcha, had formed the committees and appointed their presidents over the last couple of months.

“The committees were declared without following the due process. District leaders are unhappy. We had to dissolve all the committees,” Ghosh told The Telegraph.

“In our party, the state committee of the youth wing is supposed to discuss and approve the names suggested by the district leaders before announcing the names of the Yuva Morcha district committee members and their respective presidents. However, in this case, the suggestions from the districts were overlooked,” Ghosh said explaining the reason for the dissolution of all the district committees.

This is not the first time that Ghosh has shot down a list prepared by Khan, a Trinamul turncoat, who won the Lok Sabha election from Bishnupur. In August, Ghosh had discarded a list of district presidents within minutes of Khan circulating it in various social media groups.

A notice, signed by Ghosh, announcing the disbanding of the district committees and dismissing their presidents stated that the respective district presidents of the BJP would look after the affairs of the Yuva Morcha.

The row over the district committees of the youth wing, sources said, exposed the power struggle in the state BJP, where the differences between the Ghosh camp and the rest are growing.

Leaders close to Ghosh and Khan spun different narratives about the incident.

Sources close to Ghosh said the committees were disbanded because of several allegations of misconduct against Khan. Multiple sources in the party said the decision of dissolving the committees was taken by senior leaders in Delhi and Ghosh executed their wish.

“In the past few days, some eight to 10 members have left the official WhatsApp group of the Yuva Morcha. There are some serious allegations against Saumitrada about which Delhi isn’t happy and that’s why the committees formed by him were disbanded,” a source in the Yuva Morcha said. This person refused to reveal what these allegations were citing party protocols.

The Telegraph couldn’t contact Khan on his phone. However, in a television interview, Khan said he had seen the notice from Ghosh and would speak to him about it.

Sources close to Khan said he was livid with Ghosh’s decision and had already brought the matter to the notice of senior BJP leaders in Delhi. “Dilip-da wants to run the youth wing, the women’s wing and also the parent party... This cannot go on,” said a source.

Another Trinamul turncoat Shankudeb Panda, who was named a vice-president of the youth wing on Thursday by Khan himself, blamed Khan for the fiasco.

“He (Khan) has not handled a responsibility as serious as the chief of a party’s youth wing previously and to announce district committees without the consent of the seniors was irresponsible. Senior leaders should strictly look into this issue. Otherwise, this would have an adverse effect on the party,” Panda said.