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Suvendu Adhikari was formally named the Chief Minister of West Bengal yesterday, days after the BJP’s resounding victory in the recently concluded assembly elections.

Dilip Ghosh, a senior BJP leader and former state president, proposed Adhikari’s name at the legislature party meeting held in Kolkata earlier in the day.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was appointed the central observer for the meeting, and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the co-observer, were present.

“I announce the name of Suvendu Adhikari elected as Leader of West Bengal BJP Legislative Party,” Shah announced at the legislature party meeting.

The oath-taking ceremony for the newly elected BJP MLAs is scheduled for today and will take place at the Brigade Parade Ground. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, and chief ministers from other BJP-ruled states are expected to attend.

The BJP secured a historic victory in the recently concluded West Bengal assembly elections, ending the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) 15-year rule.

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