Kolkata, May 31 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal is set to carry out a major expansion of its Council of Ministers on Monday, with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announcing that 35 ministers will be sworn in at Lok Bhavan.
The chief minister made the announcement through a social media post on Sunday. "Tomorrow, the full-fledged Cabinet of the nationalist government elected by the people of West Bengal will be formed. As part of the Cabinet expansion, 35 ministers of the Government of West Bengal will take oath at Lok Bhavan at 11 a.m. Hon'ble Governor R.N. Ravi will administer the oath of office and secrecy," Adhikari wrote.
The expansion comes less than a month after the BJP registered a historic victory in...