Mamata swears in as CM for third term
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief
Mamata Banerjee took oath as the chief minister of West Bengal for her third
consecutive term today after winning the high-stakes West Bengal Assembly
elections on May 2. The oath-taking ceremony, being held at Raj Bhavan, was
organised keeping in mind the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) protocols. It was
a low-key event in which chief ministers of other states and leaders of other
political parties were not invited.
Mamata Banerjee was wearing a
white saaree and a shawl as she was sworn in as the CM of West Bengal by
governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. She took the oath in Beng
After eight rounds of polling in
the state, the votes were counted and results announced on May 2. The Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP), which had set a target of winning more than 200 seats out
of the 294-member assembly, won 77 seats while the TMC won 213 seats.