New Delhi, May 9 -- Suvendu Adhikari was on 9 May sworn in as Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister of West Bengal at a mega event held at Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground.

The oath comes days after BJP scripted a landslide victory bagging 207 seats in the 294-member Bengal Assembly, effectively ending the 15-year Mamata Banerjee-led rule of the Trinamool Congress, which was reduced to just 80.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Cabinet Ministers, chief ministers of NDA-ruled states, senior BJP leaders and thousands of party workers from across the state were present during the swearing-in.

Along with Suvendu Adhikari, five BJP leaders Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Kshu...