Dhaka, May 9 -- Suvendu Adhikari has been sworn in as chief minister of West Bengal, marking a decisive political shift in a state long defined by ideological churn, NDTV reports.

He took oath on Saturday, marking a political journey carrying a sense of symmetry and rupture in equal measure, the Indian news outlet said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party secured its first-ever victory in the state assembly election, ending the Trinamool Congress's 15-year rule.

Once a close aide to Mamata Banerjee during her rise as chief minister, Adhikari now occupies the very position she held for over a decade.

From working within the Trinamool Congress machinery to leading the BJP charge, his trajectory has been both abrupt and consequential.

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