In an enormous growth on Monday, 43 TMC leaders have been sworn in as Ministers within the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal authorities. 24 Cabinet Ministers, 10 Ministers of State (Independent cost), and 9 Ministers of State have been administered the oath of workplace and secrecy by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. While Banerjee has retained lots of her earlier colleagues, the contemporary faces within the Cabinet embody Bankim Chandra Hazra, Rathin Ghosh, Pulak Roy and Biplab Mitra.
Most importantly, Amit Mitra serving because the Finance Minister of the state since 2011 has been included within the Cabinet. As he didn’t contest the West Bengal polls, the ex-FICCI secretary-general may have 6 months to get elected to the state Assembly. Former IPS officer Humayun Kabir and Ratna De Nag are among the many listing of Ministers who will maintain Independent Charge of a Department. Meanwhile, cricketer-turned-politician Manoj Tiwary too discovered a spot within the Council of Ministers.
After a tricky election marketing campaign, the TMC decisively received the West Bengal election to win 213 seats, whereas the BJP was capable of win solely 77 constituencies. The voter turnout was 84.63 %, 86.11 %, 84.61 %, 79.90 %, 82.49 % for the seats going to the primary, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth part of polling. , 79.11 %, 76.90 % and 78.32 % respectively. While the JP Nadda-led get together received 74 extra seats than within the earlier election, a vote share of 38.13% didn’t problem TMC, which garnered a 47.94% vote share. READ | WB CM Mamta’s Trinamool encircles Kangana Ranaut; TMC Spokes filed FIR on Bollywood Star While the ruling get together improved its efficiency in comparison with 2016, it suffered a small setback as WB CM Mamata Banerjee misplaced to her BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram. However, barring Nandigram MLA, all different TMC leaders who had switched to BJP earlier than the election couldn’t win their seats. Even former Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, Union Minister Babul Supriyo and BJP Lok Sabha MP Lockett Chatterjee additionally suffered defeat.
