New Delhi, May 9 -- Suvendu Adhikari was on 9 May sworn in as the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister of West Bengal. Suvendu's elevation marks a watershed moment in West Bengal's political landscape as BJP finally gets its government after the state saw decades of resistance to saffron politics.

Governor RN Ravi administered the oath of office and secrecy to Adhikari at a grand ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers, chief ministers of NDA-ruled states and senior BJP leaders.

The BJP chose Brigade Parade Grounds - once the citadel of massive Left rallies and later a key battleground of the TMC - for the swearing-in ceremony. Thousands of BJP supporters thronged the venue, waving saffron flags a...