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Ministers and signals in BJP's first cabinet math
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
|May 10, 2026
The five ministers sworn in alongside chief minister Suvendu Adhikari - a former TMC loyalist who defeated Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur - at Brigade Parade Ground on Saturday represent a carefully assembled cross-section of West Bengal's social and political landscape - veteran RSS cadre, first-generation BJP converts, and leaders drawn from the Matua, tribal and Rajbanshi communities that have been central to the party's electoral arithmetic in the state since 2019.
Among the most recognisable faces in the new cabinet, Ghosh brings deep organisational roots to the BJP's first West Bengal government. A lifelong RSS pracharak, he served as an assistant to former RSS chief KS Sudarshan and was in charge of the organisation's work in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands before his political career took shape. As state BJP president, he oversaw the party's breakthrough 2019 Lok Sabha performance. A former MP from Medinipur and an MLA, Ghosh is widely seen as the veteran anchor of the state unit.
This story is from the May 10, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Bengaluru.
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