Kolkata, May 28: Within hours of speculations of a cabinet reshuffle in West Bengal state government arrived, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee changed the portfolios of three MLAs and made them ministers on Tuesday. Suvendu Adhikary has now become Irrigation and Transport minister, while Somen Mahapatra is now Public Health, Engineering and Environment minister.

Along with these two changes, the third change in state cabinet arrived was of Rajib Banerjee who has been given the responsibility of Tribal development ministry. The reshuffle in the TMC-led West Bengal government is an outcome of the Lok Sabha poll debacle. The TMC lost 12 seats, while BJP gained 14 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Mamata Banerjee All Set to Reshuffle West Bengal Cabinet Post Lok Sabha Poll Debacle, 8-10 Ministers To Face Didi's Ire

Earlier, reports arrived that miffed with party performance, Mamata has sent a list to Nabanna (state secretariat) on the possible reshuffle of her cabinet. Around 8-10 names of ministers are on the list of either losing their portfolios or transferred to less important ministry.

Among the prime individuals who are on the brink of losing their include Panchayat and Water Resources Development Minister Subroto Mukherjee, Labour minister Moloy Ghatak, Education Minister Parth Chatterjee, Panchayat and Village Development Minister Shymal Santra, and others.

It is to be known that TMC managed to win only 22 seats in Lok Sabha Elections, losing 12 seats than the previous tenure. On the other hand, BJP gained 16 seats and reach a tally of 18 seats. With this, fringe in the party arrived as BJP leader Mukul Roy’s son and suspended TMC legislator Subhrangshu Roy, along with 16 TMC Councillors of the Kanchrapara Municipality joined BJP today.

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