Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as West Bengal's first BJP chief minister on May 9, 2026, following the party's landslide victory with 207 of 294 assembly seats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the ceremony at Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata, where thousands of BJP supporters gathered. Adhikari defeated Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee in her home constituency and was unanimously elected BJP legislature party leader.

4 killed in post-poll unrest in India's West Bengal Four people have been killed in political unrest after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party celebrated victory in state polls in West Bengal, police and party officials said on Wednesday. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept polls in the key eastern state of more than 100 million people, winning 206 of the 294 assembly seats, according to results announced on Monday, for its first-ever victory in West Bengal. West Bengal had been ruled by Modi’s fierce critic and adversary Mamata Banerjee as chief minister since 2011.