Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the eighth chief minister of West Bengal from 2011 to 2026. She was the first and only woman to hold that office. Being the founder and
Banerjee in 2018
Mamata Banerjee speaking to the elected members and party workers at Bongaon stadium after the West Bengal panchayat elections
Banerjee assumes the charge of the Minister for Coal and Mines in New Delhi on 9 January 2004
Banerjee swearing in again as Cabinet Minister at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi at 2009
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician who is serving as the 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal since 9 May 2026. He is the first chief minister of West Bengal belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party
Mamata Banerjee
…as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Bhabanipur from 2011 to 2021. She contested the Nandigram assembly seat and lost to the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in the 2021 state election, though her party won a large majority of seats. She is the third West Bengal Chief Minister to lose an election from her…
Adhikari in Nandigram Sitananda College
Adhikari with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
Swearing ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari