West Bengal CM swearing-in Highlights | PM Modi congratulates CM Suvendu Adhikari & members of the State cabinet

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Suvendu Adhikari to be Bengal's first BJP CM; to take oath on Saturday

Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari will be the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal, marking a watershed moment in the state's political history after decades of resistance to saffron politics.

Adhikari has been unanimously elected leader of the BJP legislature party, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday after a meeting of newly elected BJP MLAs and senior leaders here, formally sealing the BJP's emphatic capture of power in Bengal in the assembly polls.

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | 'Bhoi out, bharosa in' | Will fulfil every promise made in BJP manifesto: Suvendu Adhikari

Declaring that an "era of fear" in West Bengal has ended, chief minister-designate Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said the first BJP government in the state would work on the principle of collective leadership, fulfil every promise made in the party's poll manifesto.

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West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | From ‘Jo Hamare Sath’ to back to ‘Sabka Saath’: Suvendu chosen as new CM

Two years after calling for a shift to “Jo Hamare Sath, Hum Unke Sath”, Suvendu Adhikari returned to invoking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas…” mantra, as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s newly elected legislators in West Bengal elected him as their leader on Friday, setting the stage for him to lead the state’s new government.

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West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | The era of 'Sonar Bangla' officially begins, Suvendu welcomes PM Modi ahead of oath ceremony

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari arrives at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Grounds to take oath as Chief Minister of West Bengal

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | BJP supporters flood Kolkata's Brigade Parade Grounds for Suvendu Adhikari oath ceremony

Thousands of BJP supporters from across the country and abroad, including from north Bengal and neighbouring states such as Jharkhand, poured into Kolkata on Saturday to witness the oath-taking ceremony of the first BJP government in West Bengal, turning the Brigade Parade Grounds into a sea of saffron.

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | PM Modi reaches Brigade Parade Grounds, Suvendu to take oath shortly

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | PM Modi and CM-designate Suvendu Adhikari pay tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | This is a historic day: Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini on swearing-in ceremony of the BJP govt in West Bengal

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as CM of Bengal; PM Modi, Shah in attendance

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Agnimitra Paul, Dilip Ghosh, Ashok Kirtania take oath as ministers

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | Kshudiram Tudu takes oath as minister

West Bengal CM swearing-in LIVE updates | PM Modi greets the public during the swearing-in ceremony of the new West Bengal government