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Live updates: Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as Assam chief minister
Live updates: Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as Assam chief minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma, the charioteer of BJP s stride in the Northeast is all set to swear in as the 15th chief minister of Assam. Meanwhile, in West Bengal, the newly-elected cabinet of chief minister .Read More
THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 10, 2021, 13:34:53 IST
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13:34 (IST) May 10
AIADMK legislature party has elected former chief minister and party joint coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami as Leader of Opposition (LoP).
13:34 (IST) May 10
BJP Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari to be Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Vidhan Sabha. Adhikari has been elected as BJP legislature party leader in Bengal.
KOLKATA: The third cabinet with Mamata Banerjee as chief minister is set to be sworn in on Monday, with its 43 members comprising an almost equal mix of the seasoned and the new. While 17 senior ministers who had been in both the earlier cabinets have all found a place the third time around, 16 are set to be first-time ministers.
Amit Mitra, who did not contest the Bengal polls, returns to the state cabinet. Manas Bhunia, Pulak Ray, Rathin Ghosh and Biplab Mitra also step into the cabinet Ray, Ghosh and Mitra for the first time after leading the party fightbacks in West Midnapore, Howrah and South Dinajpur. Cricketer Manoj Tiwari also gets a place in the new cabinet, as does former IPS officer Humayun Kabir.