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Not only the CM, the cabinet also has ‘TMC’ connection, who are the new 35 ministers of West Bengal?

Samira Vishwas | June 1, 2026 4:24 PM CST

The top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal is from the Trinamool Congress. Chief Minister Shubhendu Adhikari himself was once the closest leader of Mamata Banerjee, now many faces close to Mamata Banerjee have got a place in her cabinet. In West Bengal, the government led by Subhendu Adhikari has expanded the cabinet. 35 MLAs took oath as ministers on Monday. Many leaders who were part of Trinamool Congress have been seen in the cabinet.

In the cabinet of Subhendu Adhikari, MLA Jagannath Chattopadhyay, Swapan Dasgupta, Dr. Sharadwat Mukherjee, Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty, Ajoy Poddar have taken oath as cabinet ministers. Deepak Burman, Arjun Singh, Shankar Ghosh, Gauri Shankar Ghosh, Tapas Roy and Manoj Kumar Oraon have also got the status of cabinet ministers.

Which faces got place in Shubhendu cabinet?

In the cabinet of Chief Minister Shubhendu Adhikari, 13 MLAs have taken oath as cabinet ministers, 19 MLAs have taken independent state charge. Let us know about those ministers who have got a place in the cabinet-

Deepak Burman
Tapas Roy
Dr. Shankar Ghosh
Manoj Kumar Oraon
Arjun Singh
Gauri Shankar Ghosh
Swapan Dasgupta
Jagannath Chattopadhyay
Kalyan Chakraborty
Ajay Poddar
Sharadwat Mukherjee
Doodh Kumar Mandal
Anoop Kumar Das
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Dr. Indranil Khan
Malti Rava Roy
Rajesh Mahato

Who are the MLAs who took oath as Minister of State?

Joel Murmu
Hare Krishna Bera
anandamoy barman
Ashok Dinda
Nadiar Chand Bauri
giant llama
Shantanu Pramanik
Moumita Vishwas Mishra
Umesh Ray
Purnima Chakraborty
Kaushik Chaudhary
Bhaskar Bhattacharya
Dibakar Gharami
amiya kisku
Kalita Majhi
Gargi Das Ghosh
biraj vishwas
Deepankar Jana
Sumana Sarkar

What is the TMC connection of the cabinet?

Tapas Roy: He has been a senior leader of Trinamool Congress. He had also been the chief whip of the party in Trinamool Congress. Just before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he left TMC and joined BJP.
Arjun Singh: He is a very powerful leader of Barrackpore area. There is a long history of defection. He was first in TMC, then BJP and became MP in 2019. After this he again returned to TMC, but angry over not getting a ticket in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he again left Trinamool Congress and returned to BJP.