Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday announced the portfolio distribution for the five other Cabinet ministers who took oath along with him on May 9, 2026.BJP’s former national vice-president and ex-West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh has been allotted the portfolios of Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development and Animal Husbandry.Ghosh was elected this time from the Kharagpur (Sadar) Assembly con…
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New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Bihar Minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal on Sunday termed the formation of the first BJP government in West Bengal as a “historic moment”, claiming that the state had finally been freed from decades of political and developmental decline under previous regimes.Speaking to IANS a day after Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Jaiswal said the new dispensation would work towards fulfilling the dream of a “Viksit Bengal” u…
Kolkata/Agartala, May 9 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his counterparts Manik Saha (Tripura), Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh), Conrad K. Sangma (Meghalaya), Neiphiu Rio (Nagaland), Prem Singh Tamang (Sikkim), and Yumnam Khemchand Singh (Manipur) attended the swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari along with the Council of Ministers, which was held at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata. West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi administered the oath of office and secrecy to new Chief Mi…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) West Bengal’s new Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday took oath of office and secrecy in a grand ceremony at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground, heading a tiny yet well-represented cabinet in terms of gender, region, and experience. It will be the first Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state. It will also be the first time in 55 years that the government will be headed by someone from outside Kolkata.Suvendu hails from Purba Medinipur district in …
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Newly-inducted West Bengal Minister and two-time BJP legislator Agnimitra Paul on Saturday said that the formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state marked the fulfilment of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s vision and claimed that the state had been “saved” from turning into “Western Bangladesh”. Her remarks came shortly after Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the Chief Minister of the first BJP-led government in West Bengal, along with other members of the state…
Dhaka, May 9 (IANS) Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday conveyed heartfelt wishes to Suvendu Adhikari on being sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) landslide victory in the state Legislative Assembly elections. “I extend my heartfelt congratulations and warmest wishes to Shri Suvendu Adhikari on behalf of myself personally and the people of Bangladesh for the landslide victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the…
Kanthi, May 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari’s father, Sishir Adhikari, on Saturday expressed happiness over his son taking oath and said that issues related to women’s safety and unemployment remain major concerns in the state, but he believes Suvendu Adhikari will be able to address them effectively. Speaking to IANS, Sishir Adhikari said, “I am very happy. First, there were 32 years of Congress rule, then 35 years of the Left Front, followed by 15 years of the Trina…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Congratulatory messages poured in from senior BJP leaders across the country after Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal on Saturday, heading the first-ever BJP government in the state. Adhikari was sworn in along with four other members of the state Council of Ministers at a high-profile ceremony attended by top BJP leaders, Union Ministers and Chief Ministers from NDA-ruled states.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh extended his greetings through a po…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) After Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal and the first Chief Minister of the first BJP-ruled government in the state on Saturday, he was greeted with loud applause from the lakhs of party supporters present at Brigade Parade Ground in central Kolkata as well as the dignitaries present at the dais of the oath ceremony. A visibly elated Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave Adhikari an affectionate hug. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adity…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) As Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the BJP’s first Chief Minister of West Bengal, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Saturday congratulated him and said that the government’s top priority should be to end the atmosphere of violence in the state. Speaking to IANS, Manoj Kumar Jha said, “There is no need to go into too much detail. The BJP government’s victory had become clear on the day of vote counting itself. Whatever the reasons behind it may be, it is interesting that Suv…