KOLKATA: BJP Legislative Party leader Suvendu Adhikari today took oath as the state’s first BJP chief minister, marking a major political development in West Bengal.
Union home minister Amit Shah announced Suvendu Adhikari as Bengal’s new CM. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda, and Dharmendra Pradhan, along with Tripura chief minister Manik Saha, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, and Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Dhami. No second name was proposed. Adhikari was elected leader of BJP’s legislature party He is the only BJP MLA who has been a state minister. His experience at Nabanna will count
At Shah’s meeting with newly elected MLAs in Kolkata on Friday, eight legislators proposed Adhikari’s name.
Announcing the decision after a 30-minute closed-door meeting, Shah said eight proposals were received and all backed Adhikari’s name. Won Nandigram assembly seat in 2016, became cabinet minister in Mamata Banerjee govt, held key portfolios Suvendu remained silent on cabinet portfolios after a meeting of party seniors on Friday.
“Adequate time was given for a second name, but no other proposal came,” he said. Dilip Ghosh said, “Whatever will happen, will happen tomorrow” Following the party’s emphatic win, Adhikari was unanimously elected leader of the BJP legislature party at a meeting of newly elected MLAs attended by Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday.