Nisith Pramanik with PM Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: Four first-time Lok Sabha MPs from West Bengal Shantanu Thakur, John Barla, Nishith Pramanik and Subhash Sarkarwere inducted into the Union council of ministers on Wednesday, a move indicating that BJP’s hasn’t lost focus on the state after Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress returned to power for a third successive term.
Two existing ministers of state Babul Supriyo and Debasri Chaudhury were dropped in the rejig.
BJP seems keen on building on the strength of 77 assembly seats it won for the first time in the state, with 2024 Lok Sabha polls in sight. The four ministers have been carefully chosen from regions where the party either has a good presence like in north Bengal or where it could improve on its present strength.
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