West Bengal CM oath ceremony: Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, others sworn in as West Bengal ministers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and the members of the newly sworn-in BJP government in the state.
#WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal | Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari and members of the cabinet of the West Bengal government pic.twitter.com/FUWKvL23ux
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#WATCH Kolkata | BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari greets PM Narendra Modi and other senior leaders of the NDA after taking oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal pic.twitter.com/xjgOgTh6U9
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Kolkata | BJP leader Nisith Pramanik takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government pic.twitter.com/TSMdhc76kL
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CM-designate Suvendu Adhikari, PM Modi, and other NDA bigwigs have taken the stage, as the swearing-in ceremony is currently under way at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade ground.
The ceremony is being held on the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore
#WATCH | Kolkata | PM Modi felicitates and takes blessings of Makhanlal Sarkar, one of the most senior workers of the BJP in West Bengal.
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In 1952, Makhanlal Sarkar was arrested in Kashmir while accompanying Syama Prasad Mukherjee during the movement to hoist the Indian… pic.twitter.com/gpmLISKYZ5
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini termed the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in West Bengal a “historic day” and said the new state government would play a major role in fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a “Viksit Bharat” by 2047.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Grounds on Saturday for the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in West Bengal. BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is set to take oath as the new chief minister in the presence of several Union ministers, chief ministers and senior party leaders.
Senior NDA leaders, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, arrived at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Grounds for the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in West Bengal.
West Bengal CM oath ceremony: Suvendu Adhikari is set to become the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal after taking oath at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground. The oath will be administered by RN Ravi. Adhikari will be the state’s ninth Chief Minister, succeeding Mamata Banerjee, who had held the post since 2011.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, which also marks the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore according to the Bengali calendar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief ministers from other states, Union ministers and senior BJP leaders are expected to attend the event.
Adhikari had earlier played a major role in the Nandigram movement under the Trinamool Congress, which contributed to the fall of the 24-year Left Front rule and helped bring the TMC to power in the state. However, his relationship with Banerjee deteriorated in 2019, and he eventually left the TMC in 2021 before emerging as one of the BJP’s strongest faces against her government.
Speaking ahead of taking office, Adhikari said his government would function on the principle of “collective leadership” and that Cabinet members would play an active role in decision-making. Despite no longer being Chief Minister, Banerjee’s Facebook and X profiles still describe her as the “Honourable Chief Minister, West Bengal” along with her role as founder chairperson of the All India Trinamool Congress.
- With inputs from agencies
