The first BJP ruled government is going to be formed in West Bengal after independence. Shubhendu Adhikari has been elected leader in the legislature party meeting. After being elected leader of the legislative party, he stressed on running the new state administration on the basis of ‘collective leadership’. If any leader has increased his stature rapidly in the politics of West Bengal in the last few years, it is Shubhendu Adhikari. Today, he is not only the most prominent face of BJP in the state, but is also going to become the new Chief Minister of the state.

I will not run a new government: Shubhendu

Shubhendu Adhikari said, ‘I will not run a new government. Together we will run the new government. The meeting was chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended by the newly elected 2027 Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs, during which his name was unanimously chosen as the new leader of the BJP legislature party in the West Bengal Assembly and thus the next Chief Minister.

Political analysts believe that through this message of ‘collective leadership’, Adhikari has also given an indirect message that the new state cabinet led by him will not work like the previous cabinet, which was led by his predecessor Mamata Banerjee, because in Mamata’s cabinet, administrative decisions, whether small or big, could not be passed without her consent. In his speech, the officer also outlined the priorities of the new state cabinet.

Shubhendu told the priority of BJP government

He said that our priority will be to trace and take legal action against those involved in corruption and misuse of public funds, to provide justice to those who have been victims of grave injustice and atrocities in the last 15 years, and to ensure better and corruption-free public services.

Mamata Banerjee had created an atmosphere of fear: Amit Shah

Earlier, while addressing the gathering, the Union Home Minister reminded all the 207 elected MLAs of the party that they should ensure that the unwavering faith with which the people of West Bengal gave the Bharatiya Janata Party a massive victory in the recently concluded West Bengal elections, is not broken. He said that there was an atmosphere of fear during Mamata Banerjee’s rule, but despite this, I am grateful to the people of West Bengal that they trusted our leaders and gave us this victory.

He said that he wants to tell the party leaders to make every possible effort to fulfill the aspirations of the people who brought them to power. The Home Minister said, ‘Don’t let the trust be broken. This is the duty of all of you. We have to ensure that we give our best to the people of West Bengal.

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has lost the election from Bhawanipur seat of West Bengal. BJP’s Subhendu Adhikari defeated CM Mamata by a margin of 15,105 votes. This is the second time that he had to face defeat at the hands of Shubhendu Adhikari. With the election results, this seat has once again come into the center of state politics. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been an MLA from this seat. After winning the elections, Shubhendu said that it was necessary to defeat Mamata Banerjee.

‘Muslims chose Mamata, Hindus made me win’

BJP’s Subhendu Adhikari shows his victory certificate after securing a massive victory against West Bengal CM and TMC candidate Mamata Banerjee in Bhawanipur assembly seat. He said, ‘It was very important to defeat Mamata Banerjee. This is Mamata Banerjee’s retirement from politics. This time too she lost by more than 15,000 votes. Muslims voted for him wholeheartedly. In ward number 77, all the Muslims who came to vote voted for Mamata. Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists blessed me and made me win. This victory is the victory of Hindutva.

Strong CPM supporters voted for me: Shubhendu Adhikari

He said, ‘All the strong supporters of CPM voted for me. CPM had 13,000 votes in Bhawanipur and I got at least 10,000 of them. I also thank the CPM voters there. All Bengali Hindus voted for me wholeheartedly. Along with them, Gujaratis, Jains, Marwaris, Purvanchalis and Sikh community also voted for me wholeheartedly.

Shubhendu Adhikari said, ‘Union Home Minister Amit Shah called me two-three times. He also expressed some concern about Bhawanipur. I told him some time ago. I haven’t talked to anyone else. I was not allowed to use the phone. I’m going to tell them right now. He is waiting. I also have to get Nandigram certificate.

BJP made a dent in TMC’s stronghold

Bhawanipur seat has been a TMC stronghold for a long time. If we look at Mamata Banerjee’s defeat in this election, it is somewhat like the 2021 assembly election results. Even in the 2021 assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee had to face defeat from Nandigram seat. Mamata Banerjee was defeated by Subhendu Adhikari from here. For Mamata Banerjee, the defeat at the hands of Shubhendu was also big because at one time Adhikari was among Mamata Banerjee’s special associates. Then, whether it was the Nandigram movement or the political rise of Mamata Banerjee through the movement in Singur, but time passed and Shubhendu Adhikari parted ways with Mamata Banerjee and joined the BJP.

Mamata Banerjee’s defeat in two consecutive elections

The special thing is that in two consecutive elections, TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had to face defeat at the hands of Shubhendu Adhikari. After the defeat in Nandigram in 2021, Mamata Banerjee moved to Bhawanipur and held the reins of power by winning the by-election here. In this election, once again Shubhendu Adhikari announced his candidature from Bhawanipur along with Nandigram. Even before the election results, BJP leaders were continuously claiming that they would win from Bhawanipur and their claim turned into reality late in the evening of 4th May.

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