Kolkata: 43 MLAs of Trinamool Congress (TMC) will take the oath as ministers in Mamata Banerjee’s Cabinet in West Bengal on Monday (May 10).
The swearing-in ceremony of ministers in West Bengal will likely be held tomorrow and the record of the Cabinet of Ministers has already been launched.
A bunch of celebration leaders like Aroop Biswas, Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee and Arup Roy have been added to the record. Out of the 43, 24 will likely be Cabinet ministers and 19 will likely be Ministers of state.
The West Bengal Cabinet has 44 berths which suggests every minister could have a single portfolio allotted to him/her, together with CM Mamata Banerjee.
TMC chief Biman Banerjee was elected as Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly for the third consecutive time as we speak (May 9).
West Bengal witnessed a fierce contest between the ruling TMC and BJP throughout eight phases of the Assembly elections.
The TMC received 213 seats within the simply concluded state meeting elections. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, garnered 77 seats within the 294-seat state meeting.
Meanwhile, earlier than the brand new Mamata Banerjee cupboard takes oath, the Bengal Governor claimed that CBI had sought sanction from him to prosecute 4 former Bengal ministers & TMC leaders – Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra & Sovan Chatterjee which has been duly accorded.
The Bengal Governor in his assertion mentions that “premise of the sanction as indicated is that these persons at the relevant point of time of commission of crime were holding the position of ministers in Bengal govt”.
Sources in CBI mentioned that the sanction was sought from Governor in January, however he accorded the identical three days again.
