Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) As Suvendu Adhikari is set to take oath on Saturday as West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister at a ceremony scheduled to be held at Brigade Parade Ground, sadhus and BJP supporters expressed happiness and called it the beginning of a “Sanatani government.”

IANS spoke to several sadhus and BJP supporters gathered at the venue ahead of the swearing-in ceremony.

A sadhu said, “Wherever Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes, the saffron flag rises. That is why I have deep respect for him in my heart.”

Another sadhu remarked, “Now Ram Rajya has begun, which is why sadhus have gathered here.”

One BJP supporter said, “Today, a Sanatani government is going to be formed. We have come here to fulfill our duty as Sanatanis.”

A BJP supporter said, “PM Modi is like a god to me. PM Modi is India’s lion.”

Another supporter expressed excitement over the occasion and said people were celebrating the historic moment.

Another BJP supporter said, “Under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, the whole of Bengal is turning saffron. A Sanatani government has been formed.”

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Union ministers, and chief ministers of all NDA-ruled states will be attending the swearing-in ceremony.

Earlier on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, marking the beginning of the state’s first-ever BJP-led government since Independence.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Shah with newly-elected BJP legislators following the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, whose results were declared on May 4.

In the meeting, Adhikari’s name was officially endorsed as the leader of the BJP’s legislature party in the West Bengal Assembly, clearing his path to becoming the next Chief Minister of the state.

“The process of selecting the leader of the party’s legislative party in the state Assembly has been completed. A total of eight proposals were received. In all the proposals, there was just one name. Enough time was given for any proposal for a second name. But no second name was proposed. So, I proposed the name of Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal,” HM Shah said in the meeting.

–IANS

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