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Kolkata
Almost 10 days aft the archetypal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities was sworn successful in West Bengal, suspense continues implicit the allocation of portfolios of antithetic departments.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was sworn successful on with 5 Ministers connected May 9 astatine Brigade Parade Ground aft the BJP won 207 seats successful the 294-member Assembly, reducing the Trinamool Congress to 80 seats.
There are 54 departments successful the West Bengal government, and Mr. Adhikari presently holds complaint of 42 of them, including Home, Finance, Industries, School, Higher Education and Health.
At the archetypal Cabinet gathering of the BJP government, 12 departments were allocated to the 5 Ministers who were sworn successful alongside the Chief Minister.
Senior BJP person Dilip Ghosh has been fixed complaint of Panchayat and Rural Development, on with Animal Resources and Agriculture Marketing. Agnimitra Paul, the lone pistillate look successful the Cabinet, has been allocated Municipal Affairs and Women and Child Development. Ashok Kirtaniya, a salient Matua face, has been fixed complaint of the Food and Supplies Department. Nisith Pramanik, an MLA from North Bengal, has been allocated Sports and Youth Affairs, portion Kshudiram Tudu, a tribal face, has been appointed Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minority Department.
There is simply a batch of speculation wrong the BJP arsenic to erstwhile the Council of Ministers volition beryllium expanded and who volition beryllium allocated cardinal portfolios. The Budget Session of the West Bengal Assembly volition statesman from June 18, and if the Cabinet is not expanded by then, Mr. Adhikari, who holds the Finance Department, volition contiguous the archetypal Budget of the BJP government.
There are besides talks successful the governmental circles that the BJP whitethorn enactment successful an economist and a subordinate of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council for the station of the State’s Finance Minister.
The Cabinet enlargement is due, adjacent arsenic the State authorities is taking important argumentation decisions and implementing respective promises made by the enactment during the predetermination campaign. Sources successful the State authorities said immoderate MLAs are already holding meetings with officials and functioning arsenic de facto Ministers adjacent though they person officially not been appointed.
The Cabinet enlargement and allocation of antithetic departments are going to beryllium a situation for the BJP enactment arsenic it volition person to equilibrium the expectations of elder leaders who won the Assembly polls and besides accommodate determination and caste equations.
Senior BJP leaders similar Swapan Dasgupta, Roopa Ganguly and Ritesh Tewari person made it to the Assembly and are cardinal contenders for Ministerial berths. Leaders similar Sankar Ghosh, who played a cardinal relation successful the past Assembly and erstwhile Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh, are among those who whitethorn beryllium included successful the Council of Ministers.
More than fractional a twelve doctors elected connected BJP tickets are reportedly gathering infirmary authorities successful the anticipation of getting the Health portfolio. Similarly, the caller excavation of BJP MLAs includes lawyers who are eyeing the Law and Labour Department, portion teachers are lobbying for the School and Higher Education Departments.
Sources successful the BJP said that the cardinal enactment of the enactment volition person a accidental successful the allocation of portfolios successful the West Bengal government.
