BJP Legislature Party leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Saturday sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal to head the first BJP government in the state.
Governor RN Ravi administered the oath of office and secrecy to Adhikari at a grand ceremony held at the Brigade Parade Grounds here in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers, chief ministers of NDA-ruled states and senior BJP leaders
The BJP secured 207 seats in the 294-member assembly, ending the Trinamool Congress’ 15-year rule in the state.
Did Mamta Banerjee attend the swearing in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari?
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No, Mamta Banerjee, the outgoing Bengal CM and TMC supremo, did not attend Suvendu Adhikari’s swearing-in ceremony even though she was invited.
Notable attendees included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan along with Chief Ministers of NDA-ruled states and senior BJP leaders.
Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the first BJP Chief Minister in West Bengal, marking the end of Trinamool Congress’ 15-year rule and the beginning of BJP rule in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took blessings from Makhanlal Sarkar, a 98-year-old senior local BJP worker in West Bengal who has a long history of association with the nationalist movement.
The BJP secured 207 seats in the 294-member assembly, forming their first government in West Bengal and ending the 15-year rule of the Trinamool Congress.
Mamata Banerjee, outgoing Bengal CM and TMC supremo, did not attend the event despite being invited.
Who was present at the event?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan along with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami attended the swearing-in ceremony.
Who was the person Modi congratulated before Suvendu was sworn in?
On the dais, the PM took blessings from Makhanlal Sarkar, one of the top BJP workers in West Bengal.
At the age of 98, Makhanlal Sarkar remains one of the first local figures associated with the nationalist movement in post-independence India.
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In 1952, he was arrested in Kashmir while accompanying Syama Prasad Mukherjee during the movement to raise the Indian tricolor there.
After the formation of the BJP in 1980, he became the organizational coordinator for West Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts. He helped sign up nearly 10,000 members in just one year.
BJP leaders congratulate Suvenda Adhikari
BJP leaders on Friday expressed their wishes to Adhikari after he was appointed as the West Bengal BJP legislature party leader and is set to take oath as the next chief minister of the state after the party’s victory in the 2026 assembly elections.
On May 4, Suvendu Adhikari built a dominant position in West Bengal’s two most-watched constituencies, Bhabanipur and Nandigram, winning both.
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Election Commission of India (ECI) figures after the 20th and final round of counting in Bhabanipur show Adhikari winning against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by a sizeable margin of 15,105 votes.
At the same time, he also won a place in the Nandigram squad. According to the data displayed on the ECI official website. Suvendu Adhikari got 1,27,301 votes at the end of the 19th and final round.
Adhikari on Monday evening significantly extended his lead in the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, overtaking Chief Minister Mamat Banerjee.
