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May 10, 2021 22:22 IST
The Chief Minister will also be in charge of Land and Land Reforms, Information and Cultural Affairs and North Bengal Development departments.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankar during swearing-in ceremony of new minister of the State, at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, Monday, May 10, 2021.
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The Chief Minister will also be in charge of Land and Land Reforms, Information and Cultural Affairs and North Bengal Development departments.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday retained the crucial departments of Home and Health in the allocation of portfolios to the State’s Council of Ministers. Along with these the two crucial portfolios, Ms Banerjee will also be in charge of Land and Land Reforms, Information and Cultural Affairs and North Bengal Development departments.
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After as many as 43 Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders were sworn in as ministers in Mamata Banerjee s Cabinet on Monday here at Raj Bhavan, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar issued a list of portfolios allotted to them.
Trinamool Congress won 213 seats in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will keep the portfolios of Home and Hill Affairs, Personnel and Administration, Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms and Refugee and Rehabilitation, Information and Cultural Affairs and North Bengal Development.
After as many as 43 Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders were sworn in as ministers in Mamata Banerjee s Cabinet on Monday here at Raj Bhavan, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar issued a list of portfolios allotted to them.
Newly elected TMC leaders take oath as members of West Bengal Cabinet
Members of the newly elected West Bengal government were sworn in on Monday at the Raj Bhavan. Visuals from the event indicate that while most of the lawmakers appeared in person, others were administered the oath via video call. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who had been sworn in for a third term last week was also in attendance. As per an update shared by news agency ANI, 43 TMC leaders were sworn in as ministers of the West Bengal cabinet. The oath was administered by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
The oath taking ceremony took place hours after the Governor had sanctioned the prosecution of Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee in conjunction with the posts they had held at the time of the the purported Narada sting tapes. Former Kolkata Mayor, Hakim and fellow MLA Subrata Mukherjee incidentally were among the ministers sworn in on Monday morning.
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BJP MLAs to boycott proceedings of State Assembly
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Members of the Ministry of Home Affairs team on post-poll violence with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in Kolkata on Friday. | Photo Credit: -
BJP MLAs to boycott proceedings of State Assembly
Five days after the results of the West Bengal Assembly polls were declared, post-poll violence in the State continued on Friday, with supporters of both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) bearing the brunt of the violence.
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The elected MLAs of the BJP have decided to boycott Assembly proceedings until the violence subsides. Earlier in the day, a four-member team of the Union Home Ministry, which is in the State to take stock of the law and order situation, met Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.