India, May 9 -- Suvendu Adhikari, who led the Bharatiya Janata Party to register a landslide victory in West Bengal Assembly polls, took oath as the first CM of the saffron brigade in the state on Saturday.

State Governor RN Ravi administered Adhikari's oath at the iconic Brigade Parade Ground in the city, a historic moment that marked a power shift in the state that was ruled by former CM Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress for 15 years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Ministers from other BJP-ruled states, some important members of the Union Cabinet and several top Central BJP leaders attended the grand event in the heart of Kolkata on a day when Bengalis are celebrating the birth anniversary of w...