- By Priyanka Koul
- Sat, 09 May 2026 02:37 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
During the swearing-in ceremony of the new West Bengal government in Kolkata on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the public by bowing on stage before the gathering as a mark of respect.
The ceremony marked the formal induction of the newly formed West Bengal government, with BJP legislative party leader Suvendu Adhikari taking oath as the state’s first BJP chief minister.
What a Moment!! PM Modi Bows down in front of People of West Bengal thanking them for the Historic Win of Democracy 👏👏🙏 Never seen a PM do that ever 🙏 pic.twitter.com/93X9ohCP64
— Rosy (@rose_k01) May 9, 2026
During the event, Prime Minister Modi felicitated senior BJP worker Makhanlal Sarkar and sought his blessings. Along with Adhikari, he also paid tribute to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 165th birth anniversary.
The ceremony was attended by Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan, along with several chief ministers, including Manik Saha, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Rekha Gupta and Pushkar Singh Dhami.
On May 4, Adhikari emerged victorious in two of West Bengal’s most high-profile constituencies in Bhabanipur and Nandigram.
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He defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur by a margin of 15,105 votes.
Adhikari also retained the Nandigram Assembly seat. According to data available on the Election Commission of India’s official website, he secured 1,27,301 votes at the end of the 19th and final counting round.
The BJP secured 207 seats in the 294-member assembly in the recently concluded elections, ending the Trinamool Congress' 15-year rule and scripting its most significant electoral breakthrough in eastern India.
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West Bengal recorded the highest-ever voter turnout since independence with an impressive 91.66 per cent polling in Phase-II of the Assembly elections. In phase I, the poll participation was 93.19 per cent, taking the combined poll percentage to 92.47 per cent.
The 2026 West Bengal Assembly election results have led to a dramatic political shift, ending Mamata Banerjee's long dominance and bringing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power with a commanding 206 seats. This marks a major blow to the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), which secured only 80 seats, a steep decline from its previous stronghold.