Raipur, May 09, 2026: Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, will today take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal.
Adhikari will be the first BJP chief Minister of the state after the saffron party made a land slide victory in the state assembly election with 207 seats in the 294 members assembly forcing the ruling TMC of Mamata Banerjee to less than 100 seats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and about 20 Chief Ministers and other top leaders of BJP will be present in the swearing in ceremony of Adhikari and his council of ministers at a grand ceremony at the Brigade Parade Grounds at Kolkata today.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai will also be present in the function.
Adhikari reached Lok Bhavan barely two hours after being elected leader of the BJP legislature party at a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah yesterday evening and met Governor R N Ravi.
CM-elect Adhikari was accompanied by several BJP top leaders, including Union ministers Bhupendra Yadav, Sukanta Majumdar and Santanu Thakur, Odisha Chief Minister and co-observer of the BJP legislature party meeting, Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP Bengal chief Samik Bhattacharya, and other senior leaders Dilip Ghosh, Locket Chatterjee, and Tapas Roy.
Adhikari would be the ninth chief minister of Bengal.
