New Delhi:
Suvendu Adhikari was formally named the Chief Minister of West Bengal on Friday, days after the BJP’s resounding victory in the recently concluded assembly elections.
Dilip Ghosh, a senior BJP leader and former state president, proposed Adhikari’s name at the legislature party meeting held in Kolkata earlier in the day. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was appointed the central observer for the meeting, and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the co-observer, were present.
“I announce the name of Suvendu Adhikari elected as Leader of West Bengal BJP Legislative Party,” Home Minister Shah announced at the legislature party meeting.
The development marks the end of Trinamool Congress rule in West Bengal after 15 years. The BJP’s victory in the polls held last month ended Mamata Banerjee’s long hold on power and delivered one of the sharpest reversals in her political career.
“The atmosphere that had been created since the Communist era was deepened by Mamata Banerjee, and it was almost impossible to cast your vote there… I am very thankful for the huge victory that the people of Bengal have given us by trusting BJP and our
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