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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person and MLA from Maniktala, Tapas Roy, took oath arsenic the Pro-Tem talker of the West Bengal Assembly. Governor R.N. Ravi administered the oath to Mr. Roy astatine the Lok Bhavan connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026).
Mr. Roy is among the seniormost MLAs elected to the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly. According to sources successful the enactment , Mr. Roy whitethorn beryllium nominated for the station of the Speaker.
The oath-taking of different MLAs of West Bengal will beryllium held connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) and Thursday (May 14, 2026). The predetermination of the Speaker volition beryllium held connected Friday (May 15, 2026), May 15. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was contiguous astatine the oath-taking of the Pro-Tem Speaker. After taking the oath, Mr. Roy took a excavation astatine the Trinamool Congress authorities and said parliamentary processes were not followed during the Mamata Banerjee rule.
On Tuesday greeting (May 12, 2026), Mr Adhikari was contiguous astatine the oath-taking ceremonial of Himanta Biswa Sarma arsenic the Chief Minister of Assam. From there, helium returned to Kolkata and went consecutive to Lok Bhavan. Several Ministers and MLAs-elect were besides present. The Assembly has been decorated with saffron lights since Tuesday (May 12, 2026).
While the BJP government has started functioning from Nabanna, wherever it held the archetypal Cabinet gathering connected Monday (May 11, 2026), the spot of powerfulness is apt to instrumentality to Writers Building, from wherever Left Front governments utilized to function. The Writers Building and Nabanna are besides decked successful saffron lights. This marks a departure from the blue-white colours that had dominated the State Government’s installations during the Trinamool Congress regime.
