India, May 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted people with a full bow on stage during the swearing-in ceremony of the new West Bengal government in Kolkata. The ceremony was the onset of the Bharatiya Janata Party's first government in Bengal, with BJP legislative party leader Suvendu Adhikari taking oath as the state's ninth chief minister at Brigade Parade Ground.

"I bow to West Bengal's Jana Shakti," Modi wrote on X. "The people's blessings are the truest strength of democracy and the noblest source of public resolve." A video shared online showed the PM bowing before the gathering from the stage.

Several senior BJP leaders attended the ceremony. This included Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradha...