West Bengal is likely to have two Deputy Chief Ministers, sources told Times Now on Friday. The BJP won by a landslide in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly election, winning 207 seats in the 294-member Assembly, and defeating incumbent Mamata Banerjee, whose Trinamool Congress won just 80 seats. The defeat has come as a shock to the party that has been in power for three terms.
On Thursday, Governor RN Ravi dissolved the assembly, paving the way for the formation of the new government. Ahead of the new government formation by the BJP, Times Now has accessed a list of probable leaders who can be part of the Bengal cabinet. According to sources, a total of 10 Bengal BJP leaders are expected to be part of the next government.
These may include: Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Nishith Pramanik, Roopa Ganguly, Swapan Dasgupta, Shankar Ghosh, Tapas Roy, Ashok Dinda and Dr Rajesh Kumar.
On Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata to attend the BJP's legislature party meeting, in which its leader will be elected, and the swearing-in ceremony of the party's first government in West Bengal.
Shah was received at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, among others. From the airport, he went to a hotel in New Town.
In the afternoon, Shah will attend the legislature party meeting of the BJP at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre.
On Saturday, he will be attending the swearing-in ceremony at the Brigade Parade Ground, along with PM Narendra Modi, BJP president Nitin Nabin, and the chief ministers of all NDA-ruled states.
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