After a sweeping victory in the hotly contested Bengal election, forty-three members of the Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress were sworn in on Monday at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. The swearing-in ceremony conducted by West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar was low-key affair due to the Covid-19 emergency. Mamata Banerjee took charge as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for her third term on May 6.
Out of the 43 candidates who were sworn in, 24 are full ministers, 19 are state ministers and 10 will be holding independent offices. The 16 new faces in the new government include former India cricketer Manoj Tiwar, former IPS officer Humayun Kabir among others.