Goa, May 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday touched the feet of 98-year-old BJP veteran Makhan Lal Sarkar and sought his blessings during the swearing-in ceremony of the new BJP government at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground. The emotional moment drew applause from party leaders and supporters present at the historic event.

The ceremony marked the oath-taking of Suvendu Adhikari as West Bengal's first-ever BJP Chief Minister since Independence. Senior BJP leaders, chief ministers from several states, Union ministers, and hundreds of party workers attended the event.

Makhan Lal Sarkar is regarded as one of the BJP's earliest grassroots organisers in West Bengal. He has been associated with nationalist politics since the post-In...