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Suvendu Adhikari to become West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister, oath ceremony on May 9
Updated On: 08 May, 2026 05:49 PM IST | Kolkata | mid-day online correspondent
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that Suvendu Adhikari will become West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister after the party’s landslide Assembly election victory
Amit Shah announces Suvendu Adhikari to be the next West Bengal CM. (Pic/Screengrab from X @BJPWestBengal)
Days after securing a landslide victory in the West Bengal State Assembly Elections 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that Suvendu Adhikari will be sworn in as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first Chief Minister in the state on Saturday, May 9.
Addressing the press, Shah said that the BJP’s victory in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections marks a “historic political shift” in the state.
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