NINE new ministers were inducted in the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal Government on Wednesday - five as Cabinet Ministers, two as Ministers of States (Independent charge) and two as Ministers of State.

However, till the report was filed, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is yet to announce the portfolios for these ministers. The five Cabinet Ministers who were sworn-in by Governor La Ganeshan are Pradip Majumdar, Trinamool Congress MLA from Durgapur-East in West Burdwan district, Babul Supriyo from Ballygunge assembly constituency in Kolkata, Udayan Guha from Dinhata in Cooch Behar, Partha Bhowmik from Naihati in North 24 Parganas, and Snehasis Chakraborty from Jangipara in Hooghly district.

Since the Trinamool came to power in West Bengal, Majumdar had been acting as the principal agriculture advisor to the State Government. A person of extremely clean image, he is a close confidant of Banerjee.

Singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo was a two-time BJP Lok Sabha member from Asansol in West Burdwan district and was also a Union Minister in the Narendra Modi- led Union Government. However, after the 2021 Bengal Assembly elections, he left the BJP and joined the Trinamool, and also resigned as MP. He later got elected in the by-polls to Ballygunge early this year.