Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch

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Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch, a forum of BJP dissidents in the Indian state of West Bengal. The forum was launched on December 5, 2004 by former Union Minister Tapan Sikdar.[1]

The organisation held its first convention in Kolkata on March 8, 2006.[2]

The forum is named after Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Sikdar maintains that the organisation is apolitical (in the sense that it is not a political party), and that he still sympathises with BJP. The group campaigns against Bangladeshi immigration to West Bengal.[3]

Former senior BJP leader K.N. Govindacharya is associated with the group.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Dissident BJP leaders float parallel body in West Bengal", Deccan Herald, 2004-12-05, p. 1. Retrieved on 2006-08-14. 
  2. ^ "Sikdar organises first Mancha convention", expressindia.com, 2006-03-09. Retrieved on 2006-08-15. 
  3. ^ "Bangladeshi infiltration continues unabated: Tapan Sikdar", oneindia.com, 2006-03-03. Retrieved on 2006-08-15.