West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari expanded his cabinet, inducting 35 MLAs as ministers in a reshuffle aimed at regional, caste and gender balance. The council now has 41 members, with portfolios to be allocated in a follow-up meeting
His resignation came after Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra raised objections to Dasgupta being named as a BJP candidate for the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.