Mamata Banerjee, the leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) takes the oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the Third consecutive term on Wednesday. She took the oath in her Origin language Bengali. The oath was directed by the governor of Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar.
TMC secured 213 seats in the eight-phased West Bengal Assembly election while the opposition party Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) secured 77 seats in the election. “I think all the people who were looking at the Bengal Election. Our first priority is tackling Covid-19, Secondly, I urge all political parties to look around so that violence can be controlled. From today onwards I am taking the law and order into my hands. I will post the police to tackle the situation” she said after taking the oath.
“I will hold a big celebration once the pandemic is over,” she added.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi post a tweet to congratulate Mamata Banerjee on her big win.
Meanwhile, the Governor said their first priority should be to stop this dreadful violence that erupted in the state after the election. “I congratulate Mamata Ji on her third term. Our priority is that we must bring an end to this senseless violence that has affected society at large. I have every hope that the CM on an urgent basis will take all steps to restore rules of law,” said Dhankhar.
Mamata Banerjee took the throne of West Bengal in 2011 where she defeated and ended the 34-year long CPI(M) regime, one of the longest staying elected governments in the world. After ruling the state for over two successive terms, but this time the throne was tumbling which made it a do-or-die situation for her. It was hard this time as BJP had made a very good impact on many regions of Bengal but Mamata’s slogan “Ma Mati Manush” give her an upper hand in overall parties and give her a big win for the 3rd time.
