BJP MP and state youth wing chief Saumitra Khan left a media WhatsApp group of the party’s Bishnupur unit in Bankura and skipped an organisational meeting convened by state party chief Dilip Ghosh in Bishnupur on Saturday.

On Saturday morning, the BJP’s Bishnupur organisational committee put up a post in the party’s official media WhatsApp group to share Ghosh’s schedule with journalists. Soon, Khan, the Bishnupur MP, left the WhatsApp group and party insiders said it was a reflection of his tenuous ties with Ghosh.

“This WhatsApp group is not of importance. It gets difficult to keep tabs on all the groups I have been added to. So, I decided to leave one. There is no question of having any rift with Dilipda,” Khan said.

Khan added that he had to skip Ghosh’s meeting because of a pre-scheduled meeting of the BJYM, which was later rescheduled to Sunday. A BJP leader said the BJYM meeting had been convened by a leader known for his proximity to Ghosh.

“It is no longer a secret that Dilipda and Saumitrada don’t get along well. As the Bishnupur district committee is led by people close to Dilipda, they are always at loggerheads with Saumitrada,” said a leader in the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM).