The cabinet of the government led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal was expanded on Monday (June 1, 2026). During this ceremony, 35 BJP MLAs took the oath of office as ministers.
Those who took the oath as Cabinet Ministers include Swapan Dasgupta, Dudh Kumar Mondal, Deepak Barman, Manoj Oraon, Gouri Shankar Ghosh, Arjun Singh, Tapas Roy, Saradwat Mukherjee, Jagannath Chatterjee, and Shankar Ghosh. All of them will now serve as senior ministers in the state government.
Additionally, Rajesh Mahto, Indranil Khan, and Malti Rao Roy took the oath as Ministers of State (Independent Charge). They will be entrusted with the responsibilities of their respective departments.
Several BJP MLAs—including Shantanu Pramanik, Purnima Chakraborty, Umesh Roy, Joel Murmu, Ashok Dinda, Anandamay Barman, Kaushik Chowdhury, Gargi Das Ghosh, Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Dibakar Gharami, and Sumana Sarkar—took the oath as Ministers of State.
list of Ministers of State sworn-in today:
- Joel Murmu
- Hare Krishna Bera
- Anandamay Barman
- Ashok Dinda
- Nadiar Chand Bauri
- Vishal Lama
- Shantanu Pramanik
- Moumita Biswas Mishra
- Umesh Ray
- Purnima Chakravarty
- Kaushik Chowdhury
- Bhaskar Bhattacharya
- Dibakar Gharami
- Amiya Kisku
- Kalita Majhi
- Gargi Das Ghosh
- Biraj Biswas
- Dipankar Jana
- Sumana Sarkar
list of MLAs who take oath today:
- Dipak Barman
- Tapas Roy
- Arjun Singh
- Gaurishankar Ghosh
- Kalyan Chakraborty
- Sharadwat Mukherjee
- Dr Sankar Ghosh
- Manoj Oraon
- Jagannath Chattopadhyay
- Swapan Dasgupta
- Arup Kumar Das
- Ajay Poddar
- Dudhkumar Mondal
Ministers of State (independent charge)
- Malati Rava Rai
- Indranil Khan
- Rajesh Mahato