The Governor of West Bengal administered oath and secrecy of office by Kum Mamata Banerjee and her team members in the cabinet on 20th May 2011 (on Friday) at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. The 56 year old Mamata Benerjee was sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee made history by defeating the Left front in West Bengal after an uninterrupted 34 year rule. Along with Mamata Banerjee, 37 MLAs (35 are from Trinamool Congress, 2 from Congress) were sworn in as Ministers. Portfolios will be allotted soon. Following is the list of New Cabinet in West Bengal:
1. Mamata Banerjee: Chief Minister, Home, Health, Education and General Administration
2. Amit Mitra (Former Secretary General- FICCI): Finance Minister (Defeated Asimdas Gupta from Khardah Constituency)
3. Manish Gupta (Defeated outgoing CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee from Jadavpur COnstituency)
4. Rabi Ranjan Chattopadhya (Defeated Nirupam Sen)
5. Bratya Basu (Play Write)
6. H A Sawfi (IPS Officer)
7. Rachpal Singh (IPS Officer)
8. Upen Biswas (IPS Officer)
9. Nure Alam Chowdhury (Former Judge of Calcutta High Court)
10. Partha Chatterjee: Commerce and Industries
11. Manas Bhunia (West Bengal PCC Chief)
12. Abu Hena (CLP Leader)
13. Subrata Bakshi
14. Subrata Mukherjee
15. Sadhan Pandey
16. Rabindranath Bhattacharjee (MLA from Singur)
17. Sabitri Mitra
18. Firhad Hakim
19. Javed Ahmed Khan
20. Abdul Karim Chowdhury
21. Sukumar Hansda
Earlier Update: The Governor, M. K. Narayanan has already invited Trinamool Congress Party chief Mamata Banerjee to form the Government as Chief Minister of West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee along with other members of her Ministry will assume charge from 20th May 2011. The swearing in ceremony will start at 1.01 p.m. The ministry is likely to be small initially and may be expanded after some days.
The Trinamool Congress has submitted its list of 184 newly-elected MLAs of the party staking its claim to form the government after historic victory in West Bengal Assembly elections 2011. The CPI (M) led LDF has bit the dust in elections after an uninterrupted rule spanning 34 years.
The Congress party is most likely to join the cabinet. The Congress has already sent positive signals on joining the coalition government in West Bengal.