Saturday, May 21, 2011

Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal CM

Mamata Banerjee, who ended the uninterrupted 34-year reign of the Left in WBengal, made history when she was sworn in as the first woman Chief Minister of the state at the head of a 38-member Trinamool Congress-Congress coalition govt.

The 56-year-old leader was sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of the state at an impressive ceremony in Kolkata on Friday by Governor M K Narayanan, who also administered the oath of office and secrecy to her.

Along with her, 37 MLAs--35 from Trinamool Congress and 2 from ally Congress--took oath as ministers of the two-tier ministry. Four of the Trinamool Congress MLAs were sworn in as Ministers of State.

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