Kolkata (West Bengal): Forty-three members of the newly formed West Bengal cabinet were sworn in on Monday at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. The swearing-in ceremony was conducted by West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar.
The ceremony began at 10:45 am with lowkey due to the ongoing pandemic. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was also present on the occasion.
Three TMC leaders Amit Mitra, Bratya Basu and Rathin Ghosh were sworn-in virtually. Mitra is unwell and both Basu and Ghosh are recuperating from COVID-19.
Other elected legislators like Partha Chatterjee, Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim and Sadhan Pande also took oath at the ceremony, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was
present along with other state government officials.
Banerjee is scheduled to hold a cabinet meeting at the secretariat later in the day, during which she is expected to allot portfolios to the ministers.
Those who were sworn in include 24 cabinet ministers and 10 ministers of state (independent charge).
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On May 5, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was sworn in by the governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
In a recently concluded Assembly elections, TMC came to power for the third time in a row in West Bengal, pocketing 213 of the 292 assembly seats that went to polls, while its main challenger, the BJP, bagged 77 seats.
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