According to reports and party sources, Amit Shah is set to hold a meeting with newly elected BJP MLAs on Friday. The party had earlier announced that the oath-taking ceremony of the new government would be held on May 9, coinciding with Rabindra Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
“The oath-taking ceremony of the new Chief Minister of West Bengal will take place on May 9…” Bhattacharya told news agency ANI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony, as he had announced during his final campaign rally in Barrackpore. “I am going back with the confidence that after the results on May 4, I will return here to attend the BJP government’s oath-taking ceremony,” he said.
In the 2026 elections, the BJP won 207 seats, while the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) was reduced to 80 seats after 15 years in power. However, outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to resign and said, “Let them dismiss me. I want this to be a black day.”
Following this, West Bengal Governor R. N. Ravi on Thursday dissolved the Legislative Assembly, clearing the way for the BJP’s first government in the state. From post-poll violence to the suspense over the next Chief Minister, Bengal’s political temperature continues to soar.
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