35 new ministers sworn in at Lok Bhavan; Bengal cabinet size reaches 41

Weeks after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scripted a historic victory in West Bengal, the Suvendu Adhikari-led administration took a decisive step toward governance with a massive cabinet expansion on Monday. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Lok Bhavan in Kolkata at 11 am, where Governor RN Ravi administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly inducted members. A total of 35 members joined the council of ministers, including 13 Cabinet Ministers, 3 Ministers of State with Independent Charge, and 19 Ministers of State.

List of all 35 new ministers:

Cabinet Ministers (13)

1. Deepak Barman

2. Tapas Roy

3. Dr. Shankar Ghosh

4. Manoj Oraon

5. Arjun Singh

6. Gourishankar Ghosh

7. Jagannath Chattopadhyay

8. Swapan Dasgupta

9. Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty

10. Dr. Sharadwat Mukherjee

11. Arup Kumar Das

12. Ajay Kumar Poddar

13. Dudhkumar Mondal

Ministers of State - Independent Charge (3)

1. Rajesh Mahato

2. Indranil Khan

3. Malati Rava Roy

Ministers of State (19)

1. Juel Murmu

2. Dr. Harekrishna Bera

3. Anandamay Barman

4. Ashok Dinda

5. Nadiarchand Bauri

6. Vishal Lama

7. Diwakar Gharami

8. Shantanu Pramanik

9. Purnima Chakraborty

10. Moumita Biswas Mitra

11. Gargi Ghosh Das

12. Umesh Rai

13. Kaushik Choudhury

14. Bhaskar Bhattacharya

15. Kalita Majhi

16. Viraj Biswas

17. Dipankar Jana

18. Sumana Sarkar

19. Amiyo Kisku