Kolkata/IBNS, May 9 -- The newly formed BJP government in West Bengal has moved swiftly to shape the Chief Minister's Office, appointing retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta as adviser to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.

Gupta, a 1990-batch IAS officer, had recently served as the Election Commission's Special Roll Observer for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.

His appointment places a senior and experienced bureaucrat at the centre of the new administration as the BJP begins its first term in office in the state.

An official notification issued on Saturday confirmed Gupta's appointment as adviser to the chief minister.

The order stated that he would take ch...