Suvendu Adhikari Emerges as Frontrunner for Bengal CM; Oath Likely on Rabindra Jayanti
Bhattacharya urged party workers to celebrate responsibly. "Celebrate the victory, but don't do anything that hurts anyone's feelings. As big as our victory, our responsibility is also that big," he said.
The name of senior leader Dilip Ghosh is also circulating for the post. Speculation is also rife that the party could also name a woman leader for the top post.
The ceremony is likely to take the oath at the Brigade Parade Ground on May 9, ‘Pochishe Boishakh’— Rabindra Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
While the BJP stormed the state, Adhikari emerged as the giant slayer after defeating Trinamul supremo Banerjee in the TMC stronghold of Bhowanipore. Given his strong Hindutva overtone during the election campaign, Adhikari, according to many in the BJP, has strengthened his position in the party after defeating Banerjee. In 2021, he had defeated the TMC supremo in the coveted Nandigram seat, a family bastion of the Adhikaris.
The BJP named Union home minister Amit Shah as the party's central observer for the election of its Legislative Party leader. According to the notification, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi would be co-observer.
The BJP has appointed Union minister J.P. Nadda as its central observer for the election of the Legislative Party leader in Assam, where the party retained power for the third time in a row. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is made co-observer.
