Trinamool Congress MLA and party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh extended congratulations to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in a Facebook post. Ghosh also wished the new Chief Minister success in his role. Additionally, he conveyed good wishes to the new Opposition leader, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, and Trinamool deputy leader Asima Patra.
The unexpected show of support from Kunal Ghosh towards Adhikari is surprising, given their history of public disagreements. Despite being known for his criticism of Adhikari, Ghosh praised the appointments of Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition and Asima Patra as the deputy leader. Notably, Suvendu Adhikari and Kunal Ghosh had previously collaborated before Adhikari’s shift to the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2020.
Following Adhikari’s assumption of the Chief Minister’s position, he chaired his first Cabinet meeting, where a crucial decision was made to grant land to the Border Security Force for erecting barbed fencing along the unfenced international border with Bangladesh within 45 days. This move marks one of the initial actions taken by the new West Bengal Cabinet under Adhikari’s leadership.
