West Bengal CM oath ceremony HIGHLIGHTS: Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as 1st BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal
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West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony Live Updates: WB is witnessing its biggest political reset in 15 years as Suvendu Adhikari prepares to be sworn in as the state’s first BJP Chief Minister, ending Mamata Banerjee’s long rule. LIVE updates here.
West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE: From “Poriborton” to “Sonar Bangla,” Bengal’s power map has been redrawn. West Bengal is on the cusp of a historic political transition as BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari prepares to take oath as the state’s first BJP Chief Minister, ending the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule after a sweeping 2026 Assembly victory. BJP’s emphatic win, with 207 seats against TMC’s 80, marks one of the biggest political shifts in Bengal since Mamata Banerjee’s own “Poriborton” movement unseated the Left in 2011.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally announced Adhikari as the BJP Legislative Party leader in Kolkata on Friday (May 8), after which the CM-elect met Governor R N Ravi to stake claim to form the government. Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur by over 15,000 votes while also retaining Nandigram.
The swearing-in, scheduled on Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary, will see top BJP brass, including Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan in attendance. BJP leaders have framed the victory as both ideological and organisational, promising law and order restoration, governance overhaul and the long-promised “Sonar Bangla.”
But the celebrations have also been shadowed by violence, including the killing of Adhikari’s former aide Chandranath Rath, underlining the tense backdrop to Bengal’s dramatic transfer of power.
Stay connected to WION for all the LIVE updates on the West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE updates
Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Khudiram Tudu and Nishith Pramanik have been sworn in as ministers in Adhikari's cabinet.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal since independence
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday arrived in Kolkata to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari leaves from his residence, he is to take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal shortly. (ANI)
The shooting death of Chandranath Rath, a former aide to Suvendu Adhikari, has added a tense security dimension to Bengal’s transition of power.
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Suvendu Adhikari has been named the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal after a landslide election victory. Here are 10 fast facts about his family, education and political journey.
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BJP leaders said Adhikari’s leadership would transform West Bengal, with promises focused on development, law and order and manifesto delivery.
Suvendu Adhikari will be sworn in as Chief Minister today (Saturday, May 9th) with the ceremony coinciding with Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) said that we are progressing to free West Bengal’s culture and tradition from the “rule influenced by foreign ideologies”. He made the statement while addressing the public after naming Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal.
The BJP secured 207 Assembly seats in West Bengal, decisively defeating Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, which was reduced to 80 seats.
Shortly after his election as legislative leader, Suvendu Adhikari met Governor R N Ravi and formally staked a claim to form the first BJP government in West Bengal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as leader of the BJP Legislative Party in West Bengal after the party’s landmark election victory.
West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE: From “Poriborton” to “Sonar Bangla,” Bengal’s power map has been redrawn. West Bengal is on the cusp of a historic political transition as BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari prepares to take oath as the state’s first BJP Chief Minister, ending the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule after a sweeping 2026 Assembly victory. BJP’s emphatic win, with 207 seats against TMC’s 80, marks one of the biggest political shifts in Bengal since Mamata Banerjee’s own “Poriborton” movement unseated the Left in 2011.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally announced Adhikari as the BJP Legislative Party leader in Kolkata on Friday (May 8), after which the CM-elect met Governor R N Ravi to stake claim to form the government. Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur by over 15,000 votes while also retaining Nandigram.
The swearing-in, scheduled on Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary, will see top BJP brass, including Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan in attendance. BJP leaders have framed the victory as both ideological and organisational, promising law and order restoration, governance overhaul and the long-promised “Sonar Bangla.”
But the celebrations have also been shadowed by violence, including the killing of Adhikari’s former aide Chandranath Rath, underlining the tense backdrop to Bengal’s dramatic transfer of power.
Stay connected to WION for all the LIVE updates on the West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE updates
Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Khudiram Tudu and Nishith Pramanik have been sworn in as ministers in Adhikari's cabinet.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal since independence
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday arrived in Kolkata to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari leaves from his residence, he is to take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal shortly. (ANI)
The shooting death of Chandranath Rath, a former aide to Suvendu Adhikari, has added a tense security dimension to Bengal’s transition of power.
Suvendu Adhikari has been named the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal after a landslide election victory. Here are 10 fast facts about his family, education and political journey.
BJP leaders said Adhikari’s leadership would transform West Bengal, with promises focused on development, law and order and manifesto delivery.
Suvendu Adhikari will be sworn in as Chief Minister today (Saturday, May 9th) with the ceremony coinciding with Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) said that we are progressing to free West Bengal’s culture and tradition from the “rule influenced by foreign ideologies”. He made the statement while addressing the public after naming Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal.
The BJP secured 207 Assembly seats in West Bengal, decisively defeating Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, which was reduced to 80 seats.
Shortly after his election as legislative leader, Suvendu Adhikari met Governor R N Ravi and formally staked a claim to form the first BJP government in West Bengal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as leader of the BJP Legislative Party in West Bengal after the party’s landmark election victory.
West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE: From “Poriborton” to “Sonar Bangla,” Bengal’s power map has been redrawn. West Bengal is on the cusp of a historic political transition as BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari prepares to take oath as the state’s first BJP Chief Minister, ending the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule after a sweeping 2026 Assembly victory. BJP’s emphatic win, with 207 seats against TMC’s 80, marks one of the biggest political shifts in Bengal since Mamata Banerjee’s own “Poriborton” movement unseated the Left in 2011.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally announced Adhikari as the BJP Legislative Party leader in Kolkata on Friday (May 8), after which the CM-elect met Governor R N Ravi to stake claim to form the government. Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur by over 15,000 votes while also retaining Nandigram.
The swearing-in, scheduled on Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary, will see top BJP brass, including Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan in attendance. BJP leaders have framed the victory as both ideological and organisational, promising law and order restoration, governance overhaul and the long-promised “Sonar Bangla.”
But the celebrations have also been shadowed by violence, including the killing of Adhikari’s former aide Chandranath Rath, underlining the tense backdrop to Bengal’s dramatic transfer of power.
Stay connected to WION for all the LIVE updates on the West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE updates
Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Khudiram Tudu and Nishith Pramanik have been sworn in as ministers in Adhikari's cabinet.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal since independence
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday arrived in Kolkata to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari leaves from his residence, he is to take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal shortly. (ANI)
The shooting death of Chandranath Rath, a former aide to Suvendu Adhikari, has added a tense security dimension to Bengal’s transition of power.
Suvendu Adhikari has been named the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal after a landslide election victory. Here are 10 fast facts about his family, education and political journey.
BJP leaders said Adhikari’s leadership would transform West Bengal, with promises focused on development, law and order and manifesto delivery.
Suvendu Adhikari will be sworn in as Chief Minister today (Saturday, May 9th) with the ceremony coinciding with Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) said that we are progressing to free West Bengal’s culture and tradition from the “rule influenced by foreign ideologies”. He made the statement while addressing the public after naming Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal.
The BJP secured 207 Assembly seats in West Bengal, decisively defeating Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, which was reduced to 80 seats.
Shortly after his election as legislative leader, Suvendu Adhikari met Governor R N Ravi and formally staked a claim to form the first BJP government in West Bengal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as leader of the BJP Legislative Party in West Bengal after the party’s landmark election victory.
West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE: From “Poriborton” to “Sonar Bangla,” Bengal’s power map has been redrawn. West Bengal is on the cusp of a historic political transition as BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari prepares to take oath as the state’s first BJP Chief Minister, ending the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule after a sweeping 2026 Assembly victory. BJP’s emphatic win, with 207 seats against TMC’s 80, marks one of the biggest political shifts in Bengal since Mamata Banerjee’s own “Poriborton” movement unseated the Left in 2011.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally announced Adhikari as the BJP Legislative Party leader in Kolkata on Friday (May 8), after which the CM-elect met Governor R N Ravi to stake claim to form the government. Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur by over 15,000 votes while also retaining Nandigram.
The swearing-in, scheduled on Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary, will see top BJP brass, including Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan in attendance. BJP leaders have framed the victory as both ideological and organisational, promising law and order restoration, governance overhaul and the long-promised “Sonar Bangla.”
But the celebrations have also been shadowed by violence, including the killing of Adhikari’s former aide Chandranath Rath, underlining the tense backdrop to Bengal’s dramatic transfer of power.
Stay connected to WION for all the LIVE updates on the West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE updates
Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Khudiram Tudu and Nishith Pramanik have been sworn in as ministers in Adhikari's cabinet.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal since independence
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday arrived in Kolkata to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari leaves from his residence, he is to take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal shortly. (ANI)
The shooting death of Chandranath Rath, a former aide to Suvendu Adhikari, has added a tense security dimension to Bengal’s transition of power.
Suvendu Adhikari has been named the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal after a landslide election victory. Here are 10 fast facts about his family, education and political journey.
BJP leaders said Adhikari’s leadership would transform West Bengal, with promises focused on development, law and order and manifesto delivery.
Suvendu Adhikari will be sworn in as Chief Minister today (Saturday, May 9th) with the ceremony coinciding with Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) said that we are progressing to free West Bengal’s culture and tradition from the “rule influenced by foreign ideologies”. He made the statement while addressing the public after naming Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal.
The BJP secured 207 Assembly seats in West Bengal, decisively defeating Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, which was reduced to 80 seats.
Shortly after his election as legislative leader, Suvendu Adhikari met Governor R N Ravi and formally staked a claim to form the first BJP government in West Bengal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as leader of the BJP Legislative Party in West Bengal after the party’s landmark election victory.
West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE: From “Poriborton” to “Sonar Bangla,” Bengal’s power map has been redrawn. West Bengal is on the cusp of a historic political transition as BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari prepares to take oath as the state’s first BJP Chief Minister, ending the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule after a sweeping 2026 Assembly victory. BJP’s emphatic win, with 207 seats against TMC’s 80, marks one of the biggest political shifts in Bengal since Mamata Banerjee’s own “Poriborton” movement unseated the Left in 2011.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally announced Adhikari as the BJP Legislative Party leader in Kolkata on Friday (May 8), after which the CM-elect met Governor R N Ravi to stake claim to form the government. Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur by over 15,000 votes while also retaining Nandigram.
The swearing-in, scheduled on Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary, will see top BJP brass, including Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan in attendance. BJP leaders have framed the victory as both ideological and organisational, promising law and order restoration, governance overhaul and the long-promised “Sonar Bangla.”
But the celebrations have also been shadowed by violence, including the killing of Adhikari’s former aide Chandranath Rath, underlining the tense backdrop to Bengal’s dramatic transfer of power.
Stay connected to WION for all the LIVE updates on the West Bengal CM Oath Ceremony LIVE updates
Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Khudiram Tudu and Nishith Pramanik have been sworn in as ministers in Adhikari's cabinet.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal since independence
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday arrived in Kolkata to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari leaves from his residence, he is to take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal shortly. (ANI)
The shooting death of Chandranath Rath, a former aide to Suvendu Adhikari, has added a tense security dimension to Bengal’s transition of power.
Suvendu Adhikari has been named the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal after a landslide election victory. Here are 10 fast facts about his family, education and political journey.
BJP leaders said Adhikari’s leadership would transform West Bengal, with promises focused on development, law and order and manifesto delivery.
Suvendu Adhikari will be sworn in as Chief Minister today (Saturday, May 9th) with the ceremony coinciding with Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) said that we are progressing to free West Bengal’s culture and tradition from the “rule influenced by foreign ideologies”. He made the statement while addressing the public after naming Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal.
The BJP secured 207 Assembly seats in West Bengal, decisively defeating Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, which was reduced to 80 seats.
Shortly after his election as legislative leader, Suvendu Adhikari met Governor R N Ravi and formally staked a claim to form the first BJP government in West Bengal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 8) officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as leader of the BJP Legislative Party in West Bengal after the party’s landmark election victory.
