Guwahati: Nine new ministers, including former BJP MP Babul Supriyo were sworn in as members of the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal Cabinet on Wednesday, marking a significant growth.
Apart from Supriyo, the other MLAs who were sworn in as minister include Snehasis Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmick, Udayan Guha, Pradip Mazumder, Tajmul Hossain, Satyajit Barman Birbaha Hansda, and Biplab Roy Chowdhury.
Supriyo may be regarded as having left the BJP and joined the TMC after losing her position in the Union Cabinet in 2021. He currently represents the Ballygunge constituency as a TMC MLA.
Former state education minister Partha Chatterjee was detained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the SSC recruitment fraud.
Chatterjee was minister-in-charge of the departments of industry, commerce and enterprises, IT and electronics, parliamentary affairs and public enterprises, and industrial reconstruction.
After his incarceration, CM Banerjee assumed control of four of Partha Chatterjee’s departments in addition to the 11 others for which she is currently responsible.