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Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari to hold finance, home till ministry is fully expanded; Dilip Ghosh gets rural development

Bengal's new BJP government, led by CM Suvendu Adhikari, distributed portfolios in its first cabinet meeting. Key ministers Dilip Ghosh and Agnimitra Paul were assigned crucial departments, with plans to consolidate power ahead of upcoming local and Lok Sabha polls. CM Adhikari will temporarily oversee unallocated ministries, including home and finance.

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The BJP's first government in West Bengal was sworn in with a display of potent symbolism, including PM Modi's gestures of respect and the inclusion of diverse community representatives. The event acknowledged the party's historical struggle and its growing support base across various social and regional groups in the state.

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Total: 294

Note: Repolling for the Falta assembly constituency in West Bengal has been scheduled for May 21.

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Mohammad Kasem Siddique

Asansol Dakshin

Krishnendu Mukherjee

Burhanul Mukaddim (Liton)

Subrata Maitra (Kanchan)

Jaladhar Mahato

Sanjay Kumar Singh

Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay

Bidyut Kumar Roy

Bangaon Dakshin

Swapan Majumder

Niladri Sekhar Dana

Sankar Chatterjee

Bardhaman Dakshin

Moumita Biswas Misra

Bardhaman Uttar

Nisith Kumar Malik

Billeswar Sinha

Baruipur Paschim

Nilima Mistry Bishal

Basirhat Dakshin

Surajit Mitra (Badal)

Md. Tauseffur Rahman

Dr. Indranil Khan

Bharat Kumar Jhawar

Kunal Kumar Ghosh

Adhikari Suvendu

Santanu Pramanik

Reyat Hossain Sarkar

Md Nawsad Siddique

Mustafijur Rahaman (Suman)

Pawan Kumar Singh

Sharadwat Mukherjee

Dr. Pranat Tudu

Shukla Chatterjee

Chandranath Sinha

Ashok Kumar Deb

Sukhen Kumar Bagdi

Canning Paschim

Praloy Mukherjee

Bankim Chandra Ghosh

Azad Minhajul Arfin

Prasun Banerjee

Deepanjan Kumar Guha

Pijush Kanti Das

Swati Khandoker

Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay

Hamidul Rahaman

Bandyopadhyay Nayna

Coochbehar Dakshin

Coochbehar Uttar

Dabgram Fulbari

Sikha Chatterjee

Ajit Kumar Jana

Tapan Kumar Dutta

Anisur Rahaman Bidesh

Diamond Harbour

Panna Lal Halder

Md. Mostafijur Rahaman

Anup Kumar Saha

Durgapur Paschim

Lakshman Chandra Ghorui

Chandra Sekhar Banerjee

Adhikari Dibyendu

Amlan Bhaduri (Buro)

Satyendra Nath Roy

Chinmoy Deb Barman

Md Ghulam Rabbani

Pradip Kumar Bijali

Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sk)

Asim Kumar Sarkar

Madhumita Ghosh

Harischandrapur

Md. Matibur Rahaman

Abdul Matin Muhammad

Haripada Barman

Nandita Chowdhury

Nirmal Kumar Dhara

Agarwal Kanaia Lal

Sarbori Mukherjee

Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Ananta Deb Adhikary

Dr. Bijan Mukherjee

Chitta Mukherjee

Lakshmi Kanta Sau

Biswajit Mahato

Utpal Brahmacharo

Bharat Kumar Chetri

Siddhartha Majumdar

Gargi Das Ghosh

Samarendranath Ghosh

Ahmed Javed Khan

Kamala Kanta Hansda

Kashipur Belgachhia

Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar

Nabin Chandra Bag

Kharagpur Sadar

Kalyan Chakraborti

Krishnanagar Dakshin

Krishnanagar Uttar

Tarak Nath Chatterjee

Ganesh Chandra Mondal

Ajay Kumar Poddar

Toraf Hossain Mandal

Manoj Kumar Oraon

Tapas Chandra Roy

Debasis Ojha (Haku Da)

Abdul Aziz Doctor

Magrahat Paschim

Md. Samim Ahamed Molla

Sarmistha Purkait

Subhas Chandra Panja

Abdur Rahim Boxi

Gopal Chandra Saha

Joydeb Halder S/O - Kartick Chandra Halder

Gour Chandra Mandal

Nishith Pramanik

Matigara Naxalbari

Anandamay Barman

Dalim Chandra Roy

Dudh Kumar Mondal

Sankar Kumar Guchhait

Abdul Khaleque Molla

Usha Rani Mondal

Islam Md Najrul

Dr. Mosarraf Hossain

Gouri Sankar Ghosh

Srutisekhar Goswami

Sumitro Chatterjee

Rajendra Prasad Singh(Raju Singh)

Adhikari Suvendu

Bidhan Chandra Majhi

Giri Ramaprasad

Girija Shankar Ray

Amarnath Shakha

Rukbanur Rahman

Jitendra Kumar Tewari

Tusar Kumar Majumdar

Panskura Paschim

Subrata Maity(Rana)

Nadiar Chand Bouri

Samir Kumar Jana

Purbasthali Dakshin

Pran Krishna Tapadar

Purbasthali Uttar

Gopal Chattopadhyay

Sudip Kumar Mukherjee

Tapas Mondal S/O-Shibprasad Mondal

Koushik Chowdhury

Kshetramohan Hansda

Rajarhat Gopalpur

Tarunjyoti Tewari

Rajarhat New Town

Dr. Chandra Sekhar Mondal

Ranaghat Dakshin

Ashim Kumar Biswas

Ranaghat Uttar Paschim

Partha Sarathi Chatterjee(Babu)

Ranaghat Uttar Purba

Dasgupta Swapan

Samar Mukherjee

Amal Kumar Panda

Krishna Kanta Saha

Mohammed Noor Alam

Swapan Kumar Das

Agniswar Naskar

Purnima Chakraborty

Dr. Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya (Hiraan)

Dibakar Gharami

Sonarpur Dakshin

Bhaskar Bhattacharya

Jagannath Chattopadhyay

Hare Krishna Bera

Subrata Kabiraj

Malati Rava Roy

Samir Kumar Panja

Uluberia Dakshin

Ritabrata Banerjee

Dipanjan Chakraborty

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