Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch

Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch is a forum of Bharatiya Janata Party (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.

References

^ "Dissident BJP leaders float parallel body in West Bengal". Deccan Herald. 2004-12-05. p. 1. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec052004/i12.asp. Retrieved 2006-08-14. [dead link] ^ "Sikdar organises first Mancha convention". expressindia.com. 2006-03-09. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=173000. Retrieved 2006-08-15.  ^ "Bangladeshi infiltration continues unabated: Tapan Sikdar". oneindia.com. 2006-03-03. http://news.oneindia.in/2006/03/03/bangladeshi-infiltration-continues-unabated-tapan-sikdar-1141393048.html. Retrieved 2006-08-15.