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PM Modi, Adhikari pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore before Bengal CM swearing-in
short by Sunny Sharma / on Saturday, 9 May, 2026
PM Narendra Modi and CM-designate Suvendu Adhikari paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his 165th birth anniversary in Kolkata before the swearing-in of West Bengal's first BJP government. Adhikari took oath as the state's first BJP CM after the party won 207 of 293 seats. Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee skipped the ceremony days after refusing to resign as CM.