The Suvendu Adhikari ministry is the State Council of Ministers of West Bengal headed by Chief Minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari, which was formed after the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election held in two phases on 23 and 29 April 2026. The results of the election were announced on 4 May 2026, leading to the formation of the 18th Vidhan Sabha. Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) on 9 May 2026 along with 5 other council of Ministers. 35 MLAs took oath as ministers on 1 June. The oath ceremony was arranged for West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and his cabinet ministers was held at the iconic Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.
History Suvendu Adhikari ministry came into existence following the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election to the 18th Vidhan Sabha in which the Bharatiya Janata Party alone emerged victorious winning 208 of the 294 seats of the Vidhan Sabha (West Bengal).
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari chaired his 1st Cabinet meeting on Monday, May 11, 2026 followed by 2nd Cabinet meeting on Monday, May 18, 2026, at the state secretariat Nabanna in Kolkata & later the others Union Council of Ministers were released shortly on 1 June 2026 for cabinet expansion.
29 out of 40 Ministers (73%) in Suvendu Adhikari Ministry have declared criminal cases against themselves as per report of Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and West Bengal Election Watch. Of these, 25 Ministers (63%) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves like attempted murder, heinous crimes against women, vulgar & abusive speeches etc. 1 Minister has declared case related to murder (IPC section 302). 10 Ministers have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307). 12 Ministers have declared cases related to crimes against women & 10 Ministers have declared cases related to Hate Speeches as per official analysis report of ADR & based on the Election Commission of India (ECI) affidavits submitted by the ministers prior to West Bengal 2026 Assembly Elections.
List of Ministers The following is the complete list of the Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State of West Bengal: PortraitPortfolioMinister Took officeLeft office Party Chief Minister Home and Hill Affairs Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Power Information and Cultural AffairsC Personnel and Administrative Reforms Other Department not allotted to other Ministers. Suvendu Adhikari 9 May 2026 Incumbent Cabinet Ministers North Bengal Development Water Resources Investigation and Development Nisith Pramanik9 May 2026Incumbent Food and Supplies Co-operation Ashok Kirtania Panchayats and Rural Development Agricultural Marketing Dilip Ghosh Tribal Development Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Kshudiram Tudu Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Agnimitra Paul School Education Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles HousingDipak Barman1 June 2026 Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy SourcesTapas Roy Parliamentary Affairs TourismShankar Ghosh Environment ForestsManoj Kumar Oraon Transport LabourArjun Singh Backward Classes Welfare Mass Education Extension and Library ServicesGouri Shankar Ghosh Higher Education and Technical Education, Training & Skill DevelopmentJagannath Chattopadhyay FinanceSwapan Dasgupta Information Technology and Electronics Science and Technology and Bio-Technology Food Processing Industries and HorticultureKalyan Chakraborty Health and Family WelfareSharadwat Mukherjee Irrigation and WaterwaysArup Kumar Das Public Health Engineering Public WorksAjay Kumar Poddar AgricultureDudh Kumar MondalMinisters of State (Independent Charge) Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Self Help Group and Self Employment Programme Monitoring Malati Rava Roy1 June 2026Incumbent Animal Resources Development Fisheries Rajesh Mahata Youth Services and Sports Consumer Affairs Indranil KhanMinisters of State Tribal Development Irrigation and Waterways Joyel Murmu1 June 2026Incumbent Higher Education Technical Education, Training & Skill Development Hare Krishna Bera Finance Transport Anandamay Barman Agricultural Marketing Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles Ashok Dinda Public Works Backward Classes WelfareNadiar Chand Bouri Home and Hill Affairs Minority Affairs and Madrasah EducationBishal Lama Food and Supplies Panchayats and Rural Development Santanu Pramanik Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Science and Technology and Biotechnology Moumita Biswas Mishra Parliamentary Affairs Urban Development Umesh Rai Information and Cultural Affairs TourismPurnima Chakraborty School Education Fire and Emergency Services Koushik Chowdhury Public Health Engineering LabourBhaskar Bhattacharya Co-operation Environment Forests Dibakar Gharami Food Processing Industries and Horticulture Agriculture Amiya Kisku Housing Kalita Maji Power Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources Gargi Das Ghosh Law Judicial North Bengal Development Biraj Biswas Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Sundarban Affairs Dipankar Jana Health and Family Welfare Sumana Sarkar
Demographics of Council of Ministers
Parties
Party BJP 19 3 19 41Total 19 3 19 41 *[b] Including Chief Minister of West Bengal District
District Number of Ministers Name of Ministers Constituency Lok SabhaAlipurduar3Manoj Kumar OraonKumargram (ST)Alipurduars (ST)Bishal LamaKalchini (ST)Dipak BarmanFalakata (SC)Bankura2Kshudiram TuduRanibandh (ST)BankuraDibakar GharamiSonamukhi (SC)Bishnupur (SC)Birbhum2Jagannath ChattopadhyaySuriBirbhumDudh Kumar MondalMayureswarBolpur (SC)Cooch Behar2Nisith PramanikMathabhanga (SC)Cooch BeharMalati Rava RoyTufanganjAlipurduars (ST)Dakshin Dinajpur—Darjeeling2Anandamoy BarmanMatigara-Naxalbari (SC)DarjeelingShankar GhoshSiliguriHooghly2Bhaskar BhattacharyaSreerampurSreerampurSumana SarkarBalagarh (SC)HooghlyHowrah1Umesh RaiHowrah UttarHowrahJalpaiguri—Jhargram2Amiya KiskuNayagram (ST)Jhargram (ST)Rajesh MahataGopiballavpurKalimpong—Kolkata4Suvendu AdhikariBhabanipurKolkata DakshinSwapan DasguptaRashbehariPurnima ChakrabortyShyampukurKolkata UttarTapas RoyManiktalaMalda1Joyel MurmuHabibpur (ST)Maldaha UttarMurshidabad2Gouri Shankar GhoshMurshidabadMurshidabadGargi Das GhoshKandiBaharampurNorth 24 Parganas4Ashok KirtaniaBangaon Uttar (SC)BangaonArjun SinghNoaparaBarrackporeKalyan ChakrabortyKhardahaDum DumSharadwat MukherjeeBidhannagarBarasatNadia—Paschim Bardhaman2Agnimitra PaulAsansol DakshinAsansolAjay Kumar PoddarKultiPaschim Medinipur1Dilip GhoshKharagpur SadarMedinipurPurba Bardhaman2Moumita Biswas MishraBardhaman DakshinBardhaman–DurgapurKalita MajiAusgram (SC)Bolpur (SC)Purba Medinipur4Hare Krishna BeraTamlukTamlukAshok DindaMoynaShantanu PramanikBhagabanpurKanthiArup Kumar DasKanthi DakshinPurulia1Nadiar Chand BouriPara (SC)PuruliaSouth 24 Parganas2Dipankar JanaKakdwipMathurapurIndranil KhanBehala PaschimKolkata DakshinUttar Dinajpur2Biraj BiswasKarandighiRaiganjKoushik ChowdhuryRaiganjTotal41
See also State Council of Ministers (West Bengal) West Bengal Legislative Assembly 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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