EIMPA Row: Piya Sengupta resigns, authorized battle looms
After the change in political energy in West Bengal, with the BJP forming the federal government, a management change was additionally witnessed on the Japanese India Movement Footage Affiliation (EIMPA). Following a no-confidence movement in opposition to then President Piya Sengupta, a piece of dissenting members appointed producer Ratan Saha because the affiliation’s interim president in mid-Could 2026. On the time, Sengupta maintained that she’d search authorized recourse and wouldn’t bow to strain from the newly appointed management.
Nonetheless, the controversy has taken a contemporary flip. Producer-director Milan Bhowmik, one of many members who had opposed Sengupta’s management, claimed that Sengupta formally submitted her resignation on June 16. Alongside along with her, the secretary, joint secretary, vice-president and eight members of the Government Committee additionally tendered their resignations. Based on Bhowmik, the workplaces of the president, secretary and joint secretary have since remained beneath lock and key.
The event has raised contemporary uncertainty over EIMPA’s functioning. Bhowmik alleged that the affiliation’s organisational work has come to a standstill over the previous two months with the president’s workplace persevering with to stay locked.
With the deadlock persevering with, Saha and members of his committee, together with Bhowmik, have now moved to courtroom searching for a decision. Bhowmik stated the group is hoping that contemporary elections to EIMPA could be held earlier than Durga Puja. “There isn’t a drawback if Piya Sengupta contests the EIMPA election. She is a member and has each proper to take action. However after resigning, why is the workplace nonetheless beneath lock and key?” Bhowmik stated.
He added that some members of their committee have been visiting the EIMPA workplace every single day to make sure that essential paperwork and data stay protected and should not tampered with or misplaced.
