WB CM Reshuffles state cabinet

Npnews24 online : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reshuffled state cabinet after her party’s drubbing in the recently held polls.

According to the new portfolio, Suvendu Adhikary is now the Irrigation and Transport minister. Somen Mahapatra has been given charge of Public Health, Engineering and Environment ministry, while Tajib Banerjee has been appointed as the Tribal development minister.

On the other hand, BJP’s Rahul Sinha exuded confidence that the Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) government will fall within a period of one year.

This statement from Sinha came just a day after three MLAs (two from TMC) and 50-60 Councillors joined BJP in presence of party’s National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

In the recent election, TMC bagged 22 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats at stake in the state, while BJP improved its tally and secured 18 seats, 16 more than it had bagged in the 2014 polls. The Congress managed to win just two seats, while the Left parties drew a blank.