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THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 08, 2021, 15:03:52 IST
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Biman Banerjee on Friday elected as Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly for the third time. West Bengal witnessed a fierce contest between the ruling TMC and BJP across eight phases. The Samyukta Morcha comprising the Congress, Left parties and ISF has also tried to put up a strong fight. The BJP has made a concerted attempt to dislodge the TMC. Trinamool Congress (TMC) won 213 seats in the just concluded state assembly elections. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on the other hand, garnered 77 seats in the 294-seat state assembly. Elections for two seats in Murshidabad are postponed due to the demise of candidates due to COVID-19.
TMC leader Biman Banerjee elected speaker of WB Assembly ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 14:20 IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Biman Banerjee on Friday elected as Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly for the third time.
West Bengal witnessed a fierce contest between the ruling TMC and BJP across eight phases. The Samyukta Morcha comprising the Congress, Left parties and ISF has also tried to put up a strong fight. The BJP has made a concerted attempt to dislodge the TMC.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) won 213 seats in the just concluded state assembly elections. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on the other hand, garnered 77 seats in the 294-seat state assembly.
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Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee returned at the helm of affairs in West Bengal for the third time in a row. Mamata was sworn in as the Chief Minister on May 5 at a low-key ceremony at Raj Bhavan held amid the raging pandemic. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar administered the oath of office and secrecy. She took the oath in Bengali. Mamata is the 21st CM of West Bengal and the 8th person to hold the office.
Mamata took the oath alone on Wednesday and her cabinet will be expanded with the induction of other ministers on May 9, commemorating the birth anniversary of Bengali cultural icon nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.