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Updated on: May 05, 2026 3:59:39 PM IST
West Bengal CM Announces Live Updates: According to a senior BJP official, the party can ‘reward’ Suvendu Adhikari for defeating Mamata Banerjee twice.
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BJP leaders Suvendu Adhikari, Agnimitra Paul and Samik Bhattacharya.
West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: The swearing-in ceremony for the post of Chief Minister of West Bengal will be held on May 9, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya confirmed on Tuesday. After a record win in West Bengal, the looming question over the BJP leadership is who the party will choose as its chief ministerial candidate in the state. Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her Bhabanipur constituency on Monday, has emerged as the first candidate.
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This is not the first time Adhikari has defeated Banerjee. In 2021, he swept the Nandigram seat from it by 1,956 votes. According to a senior BJP functionary, the party could “reward” him for this by offering him the top job. On April 2, when Adhikari filed his nomination papers from Bhabanipur seat in Kolkata, Union Home Minister Amit Shah accompanied him, suggesting that the party’s top brass were behind him.
Another senior BJP leader pointed out that unlike the Lok Sabha polls, the party has never fielded any candidate for two Assembly seats in recent history. “For Adhikari, this was a test of his charisma and ability as an opposition leader,” said the leader, who also requested that his name not be published.
However, BJP leaders said the party has not ruled out the names of state unit president Samik Bhattacharya and vice president Agnimitra Paul as other potential faces of the chief ministership. Paul could become an ideal candidate for the top job if the party decides to support a woman prime minister. Paul was a Member of Parliament for the Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024. The functionaries noted that Samik Bhattacharya can be credited with that under his leadership the party won the first parliamentary elections in Bengal. Bhattacharya is currently a member of Rajya Sabha.
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West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: Unemployed teachers cautiously optimistic after Assembly poll results
After the BJP’s landslide victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections, a section of unemployed faculty members, whose jobs were canceled under the Supreme Court order in 2025, said on Tuesday that they are now looking forward to some appropriate steps by the new government to bring back their jobs.
They said they voted keeping in mind the “uncertain future” they face, and expressed hope that the new administration would meet their long-awaited demand for transparent and timely appointments.
In April 2025, the Supreme Court ordered cancellation of the appointments of over 25 lakh teaching and non-teaching staff recruited through the West Bengal School Service Commission, citing widespread irregularities and manipulation in the recruitment process in 2016 when the TMC was in power.
“Due to unimaginable corruption and nepotism by the previous government, most of the unemployed teachers are staring at an uncertain future,” Mrinmoy Mondal, one of the unemployed teachers, told PTI.
“We are now looking forward to some appropriate steps by the new government to legally bring back the deserving teachers,” said Mondal, who is also the spokesperson of the West Bengal Untainted Teachers Association.
“Untainted,” “deserving,” or “qualified” teaching or non-teaching staff are those whose involvement in the wrongdoing in the case has not been proven.
May 05, 2026 3:38:31 PM
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West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: Odisha CM celebrates Bengal’s win
After the success of the BJP and NDA in West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Sharan Majhi celebrated in Bhubaneswar with Rajya Sabha MP Manmohan Samal and other ministers of the state government.
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West Bengal CM announcement live updates: Why is the swearing-in ceremony being held on May 9?
West Bengal CM Announced Live Updates: According to BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya, the swearing-in ceremony of the new West Bengal Chief Minister will be held on May 9.
The date was set in honor of Rabindra Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
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West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: ‘State swept by saffron wave’, says Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: Reacting to Bengal poll results from Murshidabad, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury acknowledged personal and party setbacks. “Mamata Banerjee actually lost. Humayun Kabir actually won. Even I lost,” he said, offering a frank assessment of the election result.
Chaudhary attributed the BJP’s victory to a combination of anti-incumbency against the outgoing Mamata Banerjee-led government and what he described as a strong “Hindutva wave” that had stirred up voters’ sentiments across the state.
May 05, 2026 2:15:54 PM
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West Bengal CM announcement live updates: Post-poll clashes hit West Bengal; TMC claims its offices were attacked
West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) landslide victory in West Bengal, reports of post-poll violence emerged from several pockets of the state, with Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders claiming that their party offices were attacked.
There were no reports of any injuries at the time of preparing this report.
In east Kolkata, the party office of TMC councilor Sushanta Kumar Ghosh was attacked late Monday night. Ghosh’s supporters alleged that BJP workers were behind the incident.
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West Bengal CM Announced Live Updates: BJP appoints Amit Shah as Observer, Mohan Sharan Majhi as Joint Observer
The BJP parliamentary council on Tuesday appointed Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah as central observer for the chief ministerial election in West Bengal.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Sharan Majhi has been appointed as co-observer.
The swearing-in ceremony for the post of Prime Minister in West Bengal is scheduled to be held on May 9, the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
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West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates | “In Kerala, democracy won But in Bengal, it has become a problem”: Sukanta Majumdar mocks TMC over allegations of rigged elections
West Bengal Chief Minister’s announcement Live Updates: On BJP’s win in West Bengal assembly polls, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar said, “The Election Commission itself conducted elections in both West Bengal and Kerala. In Kerala, democracy won, but in Bengal, it has become an issue. Choose which side…. Abhishek Banerjee’s comments on Home Minister Amit Shah are negligible… Let the government be formed, let the PM’s oath taking ceremony, then the Prime Minister will decide what should be prioritized and with So, as a party worker, I say that national interest is the top priority of the BJP…”
May 05, 2026 1:52:07 PM
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West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: ‘Khela hogaya’, says BJP state president on TMC’s behavior during election result
Advertisement West Bengal CM Live Updates: In statements made by TMC leaders ahead of the elections, West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said: “Children often resort to mischief, it’s okay, let them. They enjoyed it for now but ‘khela hogaya’. Two days ago, the hard drive of a senior IAS official was changed.”
“Yesterday, our women in Karyakarta laid siege there because many files were being transported in cars. There is no sense in taking the files. We will recover the money they looted… Internal disputes in the TMC have been exposed. People are using BJP flags to attack TMC workers. TMC workers are attacking each other. This is the situation created by the TMC…”
May 05, 2026 1:44:33 PM
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West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: ‘Oath-taking ceremony on birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore,’ says Samik Bhattacharya
West Bengal ministers announced Live Updates: On swearing-in of the new government, West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said, “Bengal will get a new chief minister when the party announces his name. Personally, we have asked the prime minister to schedule the oath-taking ceremony on May 9, the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. There is nothing official yet.”
Bhattacharya can be considered for the top post as under his leadership the party won the first parliamentary elections in Bengal. Bhattacharya is currently a member of Rajya Sabha.
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West Bengal CM announced Live Updates: ‘Centre will decide CM face,’ says BJP leader Locket Chatterjee
West Bengal CM announcement live updates: On the face of West Bengal CM, BJP leader Locket Chatterjee said, “We will let you know when things are decided. The Center will decide the face of the CM.”
She added that now that the BJP is in power, it will continue to stay here for 50 years.
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West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: ‘Mamata Banerjee now blames EVMs and ECIs,’ says Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on BJP’s West Bengal win
West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: Regarding the West Bengal election results, Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, “When the people of Bengal swept the TMC, Mamata Banerjee is now blaming the EVMs and the Election Commission of India. Before that, they were threatening the people that they will have to live with them after May 4, and now, when the people of Bengal have given a befitting reply to them, they are blaming the EVMs. People of Bengal Bengal has given a huge mandate to the BJP to ensure the future of their next generation and to develop the state.”
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West Bengal CM announcement Live Updates: ‘Victory for the people of West Bengal in true sense’, says BJP leader Kiya Ghosh
West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: On winning the West Bengal polls, BJP leader Kiya Ghosh said: “This is the victory of the people of West Bengal in the true sense. In the name of ‘Ma, Mati, Manush’, TMC committed atrocities on ‘Ma’, drowned ‘Maati’ in blood, made ‘Manush’ cry. It was an election to oust them. The result was expected but the overwhelming majority is something we did not expect. We will work hard to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise to transform West Bengal to “Sonar Bangla”…
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West Bengal CM announced Live Updates: Bengal CM’s swearing-in ceremony on May 9, says BJP leader
West Bengal CM announced Live Updates: BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday told news agency ANI that the swearing-in ceremony for the post of West Bengal Chief Minister will be held on May 9.
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West Bengal CM Advertisement Live Updates: Who are the other contenders?
West Bengal CM announces live updates: However, BJP leaders said the party has not ruled out the names of state unit chief Samik Bhattacharya and vice president Agnimitra Paul as other potential faces to head the government. Paul could become an ideal candidate for the top job if the party decides to support a woman prime minister.
Paul was a Member of Parliament for the Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024. The functionaries noted that Samik Bhattacharya can be credited with that under his leadership the party won the first parliamentary elections in Bengal. Bhattacharya is currently a member of Rajya Sabha.
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West Bengal CM announcement live updates: Why might Adhikari get BJP’s nod?
West Bengal CM Advertisement Live Updates: This is not the first time Adhikari Banerjee has been defeated. In 2021, he swept the Nandigram seat from it by 1,956 votes. According to a senior BJP functionary, the party could “reward” him for this by offering him the top job. On April 2, when Adhikari filed his nomination papers from Bhabanipur seat in Kolkata, Union Home Minister Amit Shah accompanied him, suggesting that the party’s top brass were behind him.
Another senior BJP leader pointed out that unlike the Lok Sabha polls, the party has never fielded any candidate for two Assembly seats in recent history. “For Adhikari, this was a test of his charisma and ability as an opposition leader,” said the leader, who also requested that his name not be published.
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West Bengal CM announcement live updates: After historic win, BJP eyes CM selection; Will Suvendu Adhikari get the nod?
West Bengal CM Announcement Live Updates: Suvendu Adhikari, leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, who defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her Bhabanipur constituency on Monday, has emerged as the front-runner for the chief minister’s post after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the Assembly elections in the eastern state, party functionaries said.
India News West Bengal CM announced Live Updates: Bengal CM swearing-in ceremony on May 9, Amit Shah appointed observer
