The West Bengal Legislative Assembly has been dissolved and Mamata Banerjee is no longer the Chief Minister of the state she ruled for 15 years. With its victory in the 2026 Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP is all set to form its first ever government in the state.
The oath-taking ceremony of the saffron party will be held at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on May 9 at 10 am.
The focus has now shifted to another big question – who will be the first Chief Minister of BJP in Bengal?
The BJP Legislative Party meeting will be held on Friday evening where the party will elect its leader who will be the Chief Minister of the state.
While several names are making the rounds, Nandigram and Bhabanipur MLA Suvendu Adhikari, senior leader Dilip Ghosh, and state BJP President Samik Bhattacharya are seen as frontrunners.
Speculations are also rife that the BJP could also consider Agnimitra Paul and Roopa Ganguly for the top job.
However, considering the BJP’s recent trend of appointing relatively lesser-known faces as CMs, the possibility of the party choosing an unexpected candidate for the Bengal top job cannot be completely ruled out.
While Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur, remains a top contender, Agnimitra Paul can also emerge as a counter and a woman face.
The party may adopt a formula similar to Delhi where Parvesh Verma, who defeated Arvind Kejriwal, was made the deputy CM and Rekha Gupta, a woman, was elevated to the CM post.