The Election Commission of India had on Thursday relieved Subrata Gupta as the special poll observer after the successful completion of the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal.
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Subrata Gupta, who earlier served as the special poll observer during the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, has been appointed as the Advisor to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
“The Governor is pleased to appoint Dr. Subrata Gupta, IAS (Retd.), as Advisor to the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal, with immediate effective and until further order. This is issued in the interest of public service,” read an official notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms at Nabanna, Howrah.
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The Election Commission of India had on Thursday relieved Gupta as the special poll observer after the successful completion of the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, which saw the BJP marking a historic win and ending the 15-year rule of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government.
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The poll body has even lifted the Model Code of Conduct for West Bengal, except for the Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, where re-polling is scheduled for May 21, followed by the results on May 24.
On Saturday, Suvendu Adhikari took oath of office and secrecy in a grand ceremony at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground. He is heading a tiny yet well-represented Cabinet in terms of gender, region, and experience.
Notably, it will be the first Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state and the first time in 55 years that the government will be headed by someone from outside Kolkata, IANS reported.
Suvendu hails from Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal, and has mostly worked in and around this region. The last Chief Minister from outside Kolkata was Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, also from Purba Medinipur, whose term ended in June 1971.
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