Kolkata, May 8 -- Having served as the Leader of Opposition and the Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari is all set to swear in as the new Chief Minister of the state.

BJP won the 2026 state Assembly elections, defeating Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool Congress, with Banerjee losing her stronghold Bhabanipur constituency to Adhikari.

Adhikari was on Friday was elected the leader of the BJP legislature party in West Bengal, paving the way for him to become the first BJP chief minister of the state.

BJP sources said Adhikari's name was proposed at the legislature party meeting in Kolkata and formally announced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the presence of newly elected BJP M...