Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as West Bengal's first BJP CM; father Sishir expresses pride
Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday, 9 May took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, becoming the first leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to head the state government. His father, Sishir Adhikari, expressed happiness at the swearing-in, while flagging women's safety and unemployment as the two most pressing challenges the new government must address.
A Historic Moment for BJP in West Bengal
The oath-taking ceremony marked a political watershed for West Bengal, a state that had been governed by the Indian National Congress for 32 years, the Left Front for 35 years, and the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) for 15 years — a combined stretch of over eight decades without a BJP government. Suvendu Adhikari's brother, Dibyendu Adhikari, called it
