Kolkata, May 9 -- At the swearing-in ceremony of the new West Bengal government in Kolkata on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the public by bowing down on stage before the gathering as a gesture of respect.

The ceremony marked the formal induction of the newly formed West Bengal government, as BJP's Legislative Party leader Suvendu Adhikari today took oath as the state's first BJP Chief Minister.

During the event, Prime Minister Modi felicitated and took blessings from senior BJP worker Makhanlal Sarkar. He also, along with Suvendu Adhikari, paid tribute to Nobel laureate Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his 165th birth anniversary.

The ceremony was attended by Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda, and Dharme...