Suvendu Adhikari
Suvendu Adhikari (Śubhēndu Adhikārī),; born 15 December 1970) is an Indian politician who is serving as the ninth chief minister of West Bengal since 9 May 2026. He is the first chief minister of West Bengal belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1][2]
He had served as leader of the Opposition from 2021 to 2026. Adhikari previously worked in the state ministry for the West Bengal government from 2016 to 2020. He was elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Nandigram in 2016, 2021 and 2026, and simultaneously from Bhabanipur in 2026. He was elected from Kanthi Dakshin in 2005 earlier, and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamluk in 2009, and 2014.[3]
He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 2016 to 2020 and Irrigation and Water resourcye from 2018 to 2020 in the Government of West Bengal. He was also a Member of Parliament - the Lok Sabha - from Tamluk from 2009 to 2016 and the chairperson of Jute Corporation of India from 2020 to 2021. He was a member of the Trinamool Congress from 1998 to 2020 and Indian National Congress from 1995 to 1998. He is the son of Sisir Adhikari, Member of Parliament and former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.[4][5][6][7][8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Republic TV (9 May 2026). Suvendu Adhikari Takes Oath As West Bengal's First BJP Chief Minister Since Independence. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal". The Hindu. 9 May 2026. Archived from the original on 9 May 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Manral, Karan (17 June 2021). "Mamata Banerjee challenges Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram win in Calcutta High Court". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ Bhattacharya, Ravik (23 September 2012). "Had no work, say former TMC ministers in UPA govt". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ "Suvendu Adhikari -Profile". Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Nandigram Election Result 2021 LIVE: Nandigram MLA Election Result & Vote Share – Oneindia". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ "Nandigram Assembly Election Results 2021 LIVE – Nandigram Vidhan Sabha Election Results". Times Now. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2022.