Who will BJP pick as Bengal CM? Suvendu Adhikari, Samik Bhattacharya, Agnimitra Paul among frontrunners
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Who will BJP pick as Bengal CM? Suvendu Adhikari, Samik Bhattacharya, Agnimitra Paul among frontrunners

Hindustan Times 05 May 2026, 08:01 AM by InkBrief News Desk
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 206 of West Bengal's 293 assembly seats for which counting took place. Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly, has emerged as a front-runner for the chief ministerial post after defeating chief minister Mamata Banerjee in her home constituency Bhabanipur. BJP leaders have also considered state unit chief Samik Bhattacharya and vice-president Agnimitra Paul as probable CM faces.
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