Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday took oath as the ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal, creating history as the first leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to occupy the state’s top post.

The swearing-in ceremony was held at the historic Brigade Parade Ground, making Adhikari the first Bengal Chief Minister to take oath at the venue.

Dignitaries Present

The high-security event was attended by:

• Narendra Modi
• Amit Shah
• Rekha Gupta
• Bhajan Lal Sharma
• Mohan Yadav
• Yogi Adityanath
• Other BJP and NDA leaders

The oath of office was administered by Governor R. N. Ravi.

Ministers Sworn In Alongside Suvendu Adhikari

Dilip Ghosh

A veteran BJP organiser and former West Bengal BJP president, Dilip Ghosh played a major role in expanding the BJP’s grassroots network in Bengal after 2014. He previously served as MP from Medinipur and is known for his long association with the RSS.

Agnimitra Paul

Fashion designer-turned-politician Agnimitra Paul is currently the only woman minister in the BJP-led Bengal Cabinet. She emerged as a prominent BJP face in Bengal after joining the party in 2019 and later became state Mahila Morcha president and BJP Bengal general secretary. She retained the Asansol Dakshin Assembly seat in the latest election.

Ashok Kirtania

Ashok Kirtania represents Bangaon Uttar in North 24 Parganas, a constituency with significant Matua influence. The BJP views him as an important leader among the Matua community and Hindu voters in the region.

Kshudiram Tudu

Kshudiram Tudu represents Ranibandh in the tribal-dominated Jungle Mahal region. His induction reflects the BJP’s strategy to strengthen outreach among tribal communities in West Bengal.

Nisith Pramanik

One of the BJP’s prominent young leaders in North Bengal, Nisith Pramanik previously served as Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs & Sports. He is considered influential among the Rajbangshi community and youth voters in the Cooch Behar region.

Cabinet Expansion Ahead

Only six ministers, including the Chief Minister, have taken oath so far. With the constitutional limit allowing up to 44 ministers in the West Bengal Cabinet, around 39 more MLAs may be inducted in the coming expansion.

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The 2026 West Bengal Assembly election delivered a historic result, with the Bharatiya Janata Party securing a massive victory and ending the 15-year rule of the All India Trinamool Congress in the state.

Key Results

• BJP won 207 seats out of 293 declared seats.
• TMC was reduced to 80 seats, down sharply from 215 in 2021.
• BJP had won only 77 seats in the previous Assembly election.
• The majority mark in the 294-member Assembly is 148 seats.

Major Upsets

One of the biggest shocks came from Bhabanipur, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost to former ally-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari by more than 15,000 votes.

Here’s the full winners list:

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The Supreme Court passed this order while responding to a plea challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order regarding the deployment of central forces in panchayat elections.

“No interference is needed in the orders of the high court’s order. Central forces can be deployed in the state. There is no wrong in the high court’s order of deployment of central forces in the panchayat elections,” the top court said.

The bench in its order said, “The fact remains that the tenor of the order of the High Court is ultimately to ensure that a free and fair election is conducted for the entire State of West Bengal since State is conducting the election for local bodies on a single day and having regard to the volume of booths which are being set up. We find that the order of the HC does not call for any interference. SLP stands dismissed.”

The high court had on June 15 directed the SEC to requisition and deploy central forces across West Bengal for the panchayat elections within 48 hours. The court had noted that no appreciable steps had been taken ever since it passed an order on June 13 to deploy central forces in sensitive areas for the poll process.

The high court had directed the SEC to requisition central forces for deployment in all the districts of the state that were rocked by violence during the filing of nominations for the July 8 panchayat elections.

Meanwhile, the ruling Trinamool Congress said that it is their primary responsibility to conduct fair elections and they will be providing adequate forces for that. Multiple incidents of violence and arson have been reported in the state during the nomination process of the panchayat poll and nine people have died so far.

Source: Bureau

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“All parties have been invited to the meeting. There will be discussions on the law and order situation. We will also listen to their grievances and suggestions,” the official said. The BJP asserted that the all-party meeting would bear no fruit, while the CPI(M) questioned the “purpose” of calling it when there are only two days left for filing nominations.

West Bengal has been witnessing a series of clashes and ransacking of party offices. Opposition parties alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress workers were not allowing their candidates to file nominations. “The all-party meeting is called before the dates of the election are decided. The SEC will have to face tough questions as the Commission is not prepared to hold the elections. Mr Sinha has become the SEC to spoil the entire poll process,” senior CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty told PTI.

The ruling Trinamool Congress, however, welcomed the move of the SEC. “I do not see there is any problem. As they (opposition parties) are seeing defeat in the election, they are giving these lame excuses. They do not have candidates to fight the election,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told PTI. The SEC has directed all district magistrates and superintendents of police to impose prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC within a one-kilometre radius of all nomination centres.

Source: PTI

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The clashes were reported in Daspur (Paschim Medinipur), Kakdwip (South 24 Parganas), Raninagar (Murshidabad), Saktinagar and Barshul (both in Purba Bardhaman) and Minakhan (North 24 Parganas), he said.

The ruling Trinamool Congress accused the opposition parties of forming an “unholy nexus” to delay the elections and tarnish the state’s image due to fear of defeat.

Opposition BJP, Congress, and CPI(M), on the other hand, alleged that their candidates have been prevented by TMC activists from submitting nomination papers in various districts and argued that without the deployment of central forces, it is impossible to have peaceful and fair elections in the state.

A CPI(M) party office at Minakhan in Basirhat subdivision was “vandalised” and the candidate was “assaulted” by the miscreants when he was going to file his nomination, the official said.

In another incident at Sonamukhi in Bankura district, BJP MLA Dibakar Gharami was allegedly attacked by unidentified people as he was heading to the nomination centre.

“Several such incidents of clashes have been reported, and we have sought details in this regard from the DMs and SPs,” the senior State Election Commission (SEC) official told PTI.

The development comes on a day the SEC directed all district magistrates and superintendents of police to impose prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CRPC in a one-km radius of all nomination centres.

The orders, which were issued on Sunday, will be in force till Thursday. The panchayat polls are scheduled to be held on July 8. The SEC official said over 10,000 nomination papers have been filed so far.

Meanwhile, the SEC on Monday told the Calcutta High Court that it can extend the last date of filing nominations for the panchayat polls by a day to June 16.

After hearing petitions of opposition leaders for an extension of the date for filing nominations and deployment of central forces for the July 8 polls, the court had on June 9 observed that the time given for filing papers is prima facie inadequate.

TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, “The fact is that the opposition the BJP, CPI (M), and the Congress — were trying to delay the panchayat polls out of the fear of defeat and their inability to put up candidates in all seats. We challenge them to publish the list of their candidates for all seats.”

Mocking the opposition for complaining about lack of time to file nominations, Ghosh said, “If they can’t find candidates, we will provide them with one. The unholy nexus of the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M) is trying to malign the state by disturbing the peaceful law and order situation in the state.”

“The SEC is working like a frontal organisation of the TMC. With the deployment of central forces, free and fair elections are not possible in West Bengal. The TMC wants to turn this panchayat election into a farce, just like 2018,” BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said.

In the 2018 rural polls, the TMC won 90 per cent of the Panchayat seats in the state and all 22 Zila Parishads. However, these elections were marred by widespread violence and malpractices, with the opposition alleging they were prevented from filing nominations in many seats.

State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the people of West Bengal can cast their votes only if central forces are deployed. “The TMC just wants to loot the public mandate, and the SEC and the state police are just working as its frontal organizations,” he said.

In 2013, the panchayat polls were held with central forces stationed at every polling booth in the state. Despite their deployment, the TMC, which had been in power for two years then, won over 85 percent of the seats, with the opposition alleging malpractices.

CPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim said, “We strongly condemn the terror tactics adopted by the TMC to derail the democratic process by unleashing violence on opposition candidates filing nominations for the upcoming panchayat elections.”

Elections will be held for nearly 75,000 seats in the three-tier Panchayati Raj system on July 8. The nomination process, which began on Friday, would continue till June 15, SEC had announced last week.

Source: PTI

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