West Bengal Government Formation LIVE Updates: Who will lead Bengal? BJP weighs options as Mamata refuses to resign

West Bengal Election Results 2026, West Bengal Government Formation LIVE News Updates: While the party leadership has, in the recent past, picked surprise names for the CM's post in states such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Delhi, Suvendu Adhikari tops the list of candidates being considered for the chair.

West Bengal Election Results 2026, West Bengal Government Formation LIVE Updates: After a historic saffron victory in West Bengal, the BJP is now gearing up to form its first government in the state. Even as the party sources indicated that the swearing-in ceremony could be held on May 9, which also coincides with Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday (Pochishe Boisakh or 25 of Baisakh), the BJP is yet to announce its pick for the chief ministerial post.

Suvendu Adhikari, a frontrunner for CM seat: While the party leadership has, in the recent past, picked surprise names for the CM’s post in states such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Delhi, one of the most aggressive BJP faces in Bengal — Suvendu Adhikari — tops the list of candidates being considered for the chair. A protege-turned-arch rival of outgoing Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Adhikari spearheaded the BJP’s ground offensive in West Bengal that breached the TMC citadel to end its 15-year rule.

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Mamata Banerjee ‘won’t resign’: Meanwhile, a defiant Banerjee Tuesday said that she would not visit the Lok Bhavan to submit her resignation to the governor. “We have not been defeated. I have not been defeated. I will not resign. There is no question of my going to the Raj Bhawan,” she said at a press conference. “In this election, the BJP and the Election Commission played a dirty game. They forcefully grabbed votes.” Banerjee lost to the BJP’s Adhikari by over 15,000 votes in Bhabanipur.

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May 6, 2026 11:35 AM IST
West Bengal Government Formation LIVE Updates: Democracy in Bengal 'held at gunpoint,' says Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan, on Wednesday, said democracy in West Bengal was being "held at gunpoint".

In an X post, Pradhan also said the electoral mandates were being treated "less like the people's voice and more like suggestions open to rejection".

"Democracy in Bengal is being held at gunpoint, and the refusal to accept the electoral verdict lays this reality bare. Mandates are being treated less like the people's voice and more like suggestions open to rejection. The refusal of Mamata Banerjee to accept the spirit of the mandate raises a serious question: Is power being treated as a responsibility or merely as an entitlement?" he wrote.

May 6, 2026 10:26 AM IST
West Bengal Government Formation LIVE Updates: Mamata Banerjee refuses to resign as CM

Meanwhile, a defiant Banerjee Tuesday said that she would not visit the Lok Bhavan to submit her resignation to the governor. “We have not been defeated. I have not been defeated. I will not resign. There is no question of my going to the Raj Bhawan,” she said at a press conference. “In this election, the BJP and the Election Commission played a dirty game. They forcefully grabbed votes.” Banerjee lost to the BJP’s Adhikari by over 15,000 votes in Bhabanipur.

May 6, 2026 10:26 AM IST
West Bengal Government Formation LIVE Updates: Who will lead Bengal? BJP weighs options

After a historic saffron victory in West Bengal, the BJP is now gearing up to form its first government in the state. Even as the party sources indicated that the swearing-in ceremony could be held on May 9, which also coincides with Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday (Pochishe Boisakh or 25 of Baisakh), commemorated following the Bengali calendar, the BJP is yet to announce its pick for the chief ministerial post.

While the party leadership has, in the recent past, picked surprise names for the CM’s post in states such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Delhi, one of the most aggressive BJP faces in Bengal — Suvendu Adhikari — tops the list of candidates being considered for the chair.

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