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West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi connected Monday (June 1, 2026) administered the oath to 35 MLAs arsenic Ministers successful the State’s archetypal BJP-helmed cabinet, taking the full spot of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s Council of Ministers to 41.
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While 13 BJP MLAs were sworn successful arsenic Cabinet Ministers, 3 were administered oath arsenic Ministers of State (Independent Charge), and 19 others were inducted successful the Council arsenic Ministers of State.
The ceremonial took spot astatine the Lok Bhavan, successful Kolkata, successful the beingness of Mr. Adhikari, the existing Ministers of his Cabinet, and elder bureaucrats of the State administration.
Newly-elected BJP MLAs Swapan Dasgupta, Shankar Ghosh, Arjun Singh, Tapas Roy, Saradwat Mukherjee, and Jagannath Chattopadhyay were among those who took oath arsenic Cabinet Ministers.
Party MLAs Dudh Kumar Mondal, Deepak Burman, Manoj Oraon, and Gouri Shankar Ghosh were besides sworn successful arsenic Cabinet Ministers.
BJP legislators Rajesh Mahata, Indranil Khan, and Malati Rava Roy were sworn successful arsenic Ministers of State (Independent Charge) successful the Suvendu Adhikari government.
Among the Ministers of State who were administered the oath were Joyel Murmu, Ashok Dinda, Anandamoy Burman, Kaushik Chowdhury, Gargi Das Ghosh, Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Dibakar Gharami, and Sumana Sarkar.
BJP MLAs Santanu Pramanik, Purnima Chakraborty, and Umesh Rai were besides sworn successful arsenic Ministers of State.
The existent spot of ministers is present 41, 3 abbreviated of the maximum number that a authorities tin person successful the 294-member assembly.
The oath-taking ceremonial was held 3 weeks aft Mr. Adhikari was sworn successful arsenic the Chief Minister connected May 9, 2026, successful the beingness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the BJP’s cardinal leadership, and CMs of NDA-ruled states.
Along with Mr. Adhikari, BJP legislators Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Nisith Pramanik, Ashok Kirtania, and Kshudiram Tudu besides took oath arsenic Ministers connected May 9, 2026.
The Cabinet enlargement was expected this week arsenic Mr. Adhikari and authorities BJP main Samik Bhattacharya held meetings successful New Delhi with the party's cardinal enactment past week astir the induction of members successful the Council of Ministers.
The May 9 swearing-in ceremonial was held astatine the iconic Brigade Parade Grounds aft the BJP secured 208 seats successful the 294-member assembly successful the precocious concluded elections, ending the Trinamool Congress’ 15-year regularisation and scripting its astir important electoral breakthrough successful eastbound India.
