Kolkata, May 9 -- Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary on Saturday arrived in Kolkata, West Bengal, to attend the swearing-in ceremony of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari as Chief Minister of the state.

Chaudhary described the occasion as historic and also paid tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

He further congratulated BJP workers and said the result would give new momentum to the NDA alliance.

Speaking to the reporters, Chaudhary said, "On this historic occasion, remembering Rabindranath Tagore and thanking the people of the state for a historic mandate...I am expecting the pace of development to go up. I express my congratulations, especially to the BJP, to the grassroots workers. It's going to give us a lot of impetus to the entire NDA ...