Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee returned on the helm of affairs in West Bengal for the third time in a row. Mamata was sworn in because 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 workplace and secrecy. She took the oath in Bengali. Mamata is the twenty first CM of West Bengal and the eighth particular person to carry the workplace.
Mamata took the oath alone on Wednesday and her cupboard will likely be expanded with the induction of different ministers on May 9, commemorating the start anniversary of Bengali cultural icon nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly has 294 seats, however the elections had been held for 292 seats. Polling to the Jangipur and Samseehanj seats was deferred because of the loss of life of candidates. Going by the rule, the full quantity of Ministers, together with the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a State shall not exceed fifteen per cent. In the case of West Bengal, the state cupboard can have a most of 36 ministers together with the CM.
Full List of West Bengal Ministers 2021
Mamata Banerjee: Chief Minister
Note: The listing will likely be up to date as and when new ministers take oath.