Goa, May 8 -- BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is set to become the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, marking a historic moment as he becomes the first BJP leader to head a government in the state. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday officially announced Adhikari as the elected leader of the BJP legislature party in West Bengal, confirming his elevation to the top post.

The announcement comes after a decisive electoral victory for the BJP, which won 207 of the 293 seats it contested in the 294-member Assembly. The result has been described as a major political shift in West Bengal, where regional forces and the Left had dominated politics for decades before the BJP's rise.

The new government will be sworn in at Kolkata's Brigade Parade...