BJP Rule Begins: Suvendu becomes Adhikari of Bengal; 5 MLAs become Ministers

May 9, 2026

Kolkata: On Saturday, Suvendu Adhikari became the first Chief Minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal. Apart from him, Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Khudiram Tudu and Nisith Pramanik also took the oath of office as ministers.

PM Modi congratulates Bengal CM and cabinet

#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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West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi administered the oath of office to five other MLAs in addition to Suvendu. These included Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Khudiram Tudu, and Nisith Pramanik.

Prime Minister Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and 20 Chief Ministers from NDA and BJP-ruled states were present at the swearing-in ceremony. At the outset of the event, PM Modi paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on stage on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

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West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi administered the oath of office to five other MLAs, in addition to Suvendu. These include Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Khudiram Tudu, and Nisith Pramanik.

• BJP leader Nisith Pramanik takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government

Kolkata | BJP leader Nisith Pramanik takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government pic.twitter.com/TSMdhc76kL

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• BJP leader Kshudiram Tudu takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government

Kolkata | BJP leader Kshudiram Tudu takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government pic.twitter.com/8KybHSNRem

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• BJP leader Ashok Kirtania takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government

Kolkata | BJP leader Ashok Kirtania takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government pic.twitter.com/VbPxysDf6I

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• BJP leader Agnimitra Paul takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government

Kolkata | BJP leader Agnimitra Paul takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government pic.twitter.com/0o5MzMOYVt

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• BJP leader Dilip Ghosh takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government

Kolkata | BJP leader Dilip Ghosh takes oath as a minister in the West Bengal government pic.twitter.com/58HitPOwVZ

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#WATCH | Kolkata | PM Modi felicitates and takes blessings of Makhanlal Sarkar, one of the most senior workers of the BJP in West Bengal.

In 1952, Makhanlal Sarkar was arrested in Kashmir while accompanying Syama Prasad Mukherjee during the movement to hoist the Indian… pic.twitter.com/gpmLISKYZ5

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PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and 20 chief ministers from NDA and BJP-ruled states are in attendance. Upon arriving on the dais, the Prime Minister first paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore.

#WATCH | Kolkata | Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM-designate Suvendu Adhikari pay tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary pic.twitter.com/0f2FiHRAWJ

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PM Modi arrives at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Ground on Saturday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal’s first BJP-led government. The event marks a major political turning point in the state, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is forming government after a decisive electoral victory.

#WATCH | Kolkata | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade, where the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in West Bengal is taking place.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal pic.twitter.com/e6P5ldkxg0

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According to live reports, the ceremony is being held at the Brigade Parade Ground with massive public participation and high-level security arrangements

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Union ministers, and chief ministers of all NDA-ruled states are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Earlier on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, marking the beginning of the state’s first-ever Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government since Independence.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Shah with newly elected BJP legislators following the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, whose results were declared on May 4.

In the meeting, Adhikari’s name was officially endorsed as the leader of the BJP’s legislature party in the West Bengal Assembly, which means that he will be the next Chief Minister of the state.

“The process of selecting the leader of the party’s legislative party in the state assembly has been completed. A total of eight proposals were received. In all the proposals, there was just one name. Enough time was given for any proposal for a second name. But no second name was proposed. So, I proposed the name of Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal,” HM Shah said in the meeting.

This time, Adhikari got elected simultaneously from his native Nandigram assembly constituency in East Midnapore district and Bhabanipur assembly constituency in South Kolkata. At Bhabanipur, he defeated his predecessor and the former Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, by a margin of over 15,000 votes.

Adhikari first earned the ‘giant‑killer’ tag in the 2021 Assembly elections after defeating Banerjee from Nandigram. With his latest victory, he has once again unseated her, consolidating his position as the unanimous choice to lead the BJP’s first government in the state.

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