Suvendu Adhikari

Suvendu Adhikari (Bengali: শুভেন্দু অধিকারী, Bengali pronunciation: [ʃubʱend̪u od̪ʱikaɾi]; born 15 December 1970) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 9th chief minister of West Bengal since 2026. He is the first chief minister of West Bengal belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Having started his political career in the Indian National Congress in 1995, Adhikari later joined Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in 1998. He was first elected to the West Bengal legislative assembly from Kanthi Dakshin in 2006.

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