Suvendu Adhikari Swearing-In Ceremony: BJP Leader To Take Oath As West Bengal Chief Minister Today
Suvendu Adhikari is set to be sworn in as the first Chief Minister from the BJP in West Bengal on Saturday, marking a major political shift in the state after the BJP’s victory in the 2026 Assembly elections. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground in the presence of senior BJP leaders, including PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi, May 9: Suvendu Adhikari is set to be sworn in on Saturday as West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister at a ceremony to be held at Brigade Parade Ground. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Union ministers, and chief ministers of all NDA-ruled states are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Earlier on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, marking the beginning of the state’s first-ever Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government since Independence. West Bengal Government Formation: BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari To Take Oath as Chief Minister of State on May 9.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Shah with newly elected BJP legislators following the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, whose results were declared on May 4. In the meeting, Adhikari’s name was officially endorsed as the leader of the BJP’s legislature party in the West Bengal Assembly, which means that he will be the next Chief Minister of the state.
“The process of selecting the leader of the party’s legislative party in the state assembly has been completed. A total of eight proposals were received. In all the proposals, there was just one name. Enough time was given for any proposal for a second name. But no second name was proposed. So, I proposed the name of Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal,” HM Shah said in the meeting. Who Will Be the CM of West Bengal? Suvendu Adhikari and Agnimitra Paul Emerge As Top Contenders.
This time, Adhikari got elected simultaneously from his native Nandigram assembly constituency in East Midnapore district and Bhabanipur assembly constituency in South Kolkata. At Bhabanipur, he defeated his predecessor and the former Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, by a margin of over 15,000 votes.
Adhikari first earned the ‘giant‑killer’ tag in the 2021 Assembly elections after defeating Banerjee from Nandigram. With his latest victory, he has once again unseated her, consolidating his position as the unanimous choice to lead the BJP’s first government in the state.
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