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The allocation of a portfolio of 35 Ministers successful the West Bengal Government was deferred for the 2nd clip connected Friday (June 5, 2026). Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari near for Delhi connected the aforesaid day. West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya is already successful the nationalist capital. This has led to speculations that the BJP enactment is trying to resoluteness the contented of ministerial portfolio allocation.
On June 1, 35 BJP MLAs took an oath arsenic Ministers astatine Lok Bhavan, Kolkata. Thirteen MLAs were administered the oath arsenic Cabinet Ministers, 3 arsenic Ministers of authorities with autarkic charge, and 19 enactment legislators took the oath arsenic Ministers of state. The allocation of portfolios to these ministers was scheduled for Wednesday (June 3, 2026) but was aboriginal shifted to Friday (June 5, 2026).
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After the BJP stormed to powerfulness successful West Bengal connected May 4, 2026 the archetypal acceptable of Ministers were administered an oath connected May 9.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and 5 furniture ministers Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Nisith Pramanik, Ksudiram Tudu and Ashok Kirtania, were administered an oath astatine Kolkata Brigade Parade Grounds. These 5 Ministers were allocated their portfolios, and the Chief Minister is holding complaint of 42 departments.
A prominence was fixed to geographical, taste and sex considerations portion selecting these 35 Ministers.
Attempts person been made to springiness each portion and territory a representation in the State Council of Ministers. Seven Ministers successful the assembly of Ministers are women and 10 are MLAs from northbound Bengal.
The cardinal figures successful the furniture who were sworn successful arsenic Cabinet Ministers connected June 1 included Tapas Roy, Swapan Dasgupta, Sharadwat Mukherjee, Arjun Singh, and Jagannath Chatterjee. These are MLAs who were elected for the archetypal clip connected a BJP ticket. Sankar Ghosh, Deepak Burman, Manoj Oraon, and Gouri Shankar Ghosh, who were elected to the State Assembly for the 2nd time, were besides sworn successful arsenic Cabinet Ministers.
The salient names from the ST community include Manoj Oraon, Rajesh Mahato, Joyel Murmu, Amiya Kisku and Bishal Lama. The salient names from the Scheduled Caste community include Dipak Barman, Anandmoy Barman, Dudh Kumar Mondal, Hare Krishna Bera, Nadiar Chand Bauri, Dipankar Jana, and Kalita Majhi.
