Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee, who became the chief minister of the state for the third time after the West Bengal assembly elections, is likely to expand her cabinet today. There is also news that Mamata can keep the finance department with her. Till now the department was under Amit Mitra, but he has not contested this year due to ill health. Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee will take oath in the assembly today to elect 4 newly elected MLAs.
In the by-elections held on November 30, Subrata Mandal of TMC won from Gosaba, Braj Kishore Goswami of TMC in Shantipur assembly constituency, Udayan Guha, TMC candidate from Dinhata and State Minister Shobhandev Chattopadhyay in Khardah assembly constituency are scheduled to be sworn in as assembly on Tuesday, but the controversy arose before the oath ceremony, But the governor has later given the green signal to the assembly speaker to be sworn in.
West Bengal may see many changes during cabinet expansion. There may also be more new responsibilities and the arrival of new ministers. The Panchayat department, which fell vacant after Subrata Mukherjee's death, can now be entrusted to agriculture minister Shobhandev Chattopadhyay. Mamata Banerjee is likely to make Chandrima Bhattacharya minister of state in the finance department. Also, former Finance Minister Dr. Amit Mitra may be given the post of advisor.
Congress was isolated before the UP elections, Jayant Chaudhary also pulled back.
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