Mamata Banerjee takes oath at Raj Bhavan, becomes CM of Bengal for third time

- BJP boycotted the ceremony, no industrialist attended the event

New delhi date. Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Mamata Banerjee was today (Wednesday) sworn in as West Bengal Chief Minister for the third time after winning a landslide victory in the Assembly elections. At the same time, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has once again become the government in Bengal. The swearing-in ceremony was kept very small because of the Corona crisis and its guidelines.

Mamata Banerjee has been sworn in alone and no minister has been sworn in with her. Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar were seen on stage during the program. The two joined hands and accepted the greeting.

Prashant Kishor, a former TMC election strategist, was present at the swearing-in ceremony. Apart from that, Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee was also present. The BJP boycotted the function and no businessman was present. Pradeep Bhattacharya and some MLAs from TMC were present on the occasion.

The BJP had worked hard for the West Bengal Assembly elections but could not withstand the TMC storm. The TMC won 213 out of 292 seats while the BJP had to settle for just 77 seats.