West Bengal BJP government expands cabinet, 35 MLAs take oath as ministers

Members take oath during a swearing-in ceremony at Lok Bhavan, in Kolkata on Monday. PIC/X/@lokbhavan_wb

West Bengal Governor RN Ravi on Monday administered oath to 35 MLAs as ministers in the state's first BJP-helmed cabinet, taking the total strength of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's council of ministers to 41.

While 13 BJP MLAs were sworn in as cabinet ministers, three were administered oaths as ministers of state (Independent Charge) and 19 others were inducted in the council as ministers of state.

The ceremony took place at the Lok Bhavan here in the presence of Adhikari, the existing ministers and senior bureaucrats of the state administration.

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