Mamata Banerjee's cabinet ministers take oath, visuals from Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been joined by 43 different officials in her cabinet as they take their oath today. Some old and some new members will be a part of her team as continues on for a third term. The cabinet has 25 incumbent names and 18 new ones. Out of 43, nine will be ministers of state.

The 24-member cabinet includes some old names like former ministers Subrata Mukherjee (Panchayati Raj), Partha Chatterjee (Education), Arup Biswas (Urban Development), Jyotipriyo Mullick (Food and Civil Supplies), Sovandeb Chattopadhyay (Power) and Bratya Basu (Science and Technology) and some new faces that include long-time MLA Bamkim Chandra Hazra, Madhyamgram MLA Rathin Ghosh, and newly-elected MLAs like Pulok Roy and Biplab Mitra.

The most surprising name is of perhaps former Finance Minister Amit Mitra, who had not contested this election due to ill-health.