India, May 9 -- It is a big day for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal as the outfit, which has been in power at the Centre since 2014, has finally installed its first chief minister in the state, a long-elusive goal.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the new West Bengal CM after the BJP stormed to power with a landslide mandate, winning 207 of the 294 seats in the recent assembly elections. Adikari himself won two seats, taking Nandigram and defeating TMC supremo and his predecessor, Mamata Banerjee, in Bhabanipur.

West Bengal governor RN Ravi administered the oath of office to Adhikari and his council of ministers at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on Saturday. The event was also attended by Prime Minister Nar...