West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee Announces Cabinet Reshuffle, Creation of New Districts

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that the number of districts in Bengal will be increased from 23 to 30.

At least seven new districts are being added to the state.

Earlier there were 23 districts in Bengal now it has been increased to 30. The seven new districts include - Sunderban, Ichhemati, Ranaghat, Bishnupur, Jangipur, Behrampur and one more district will be named Basirhat," the Bengal Chief Minister said.

She further added that the Cabinet reshuffle is taking place as Bengal lost two of its ministers, Subrata Mukherjee and Sadhan Pande due to prolonged illness.

Speaking about the reshuffle, the Bengal Chief Minister said, "We don't have any plan to dissolve the whole ministry and form a new one as media reports are claiming. However, there will be a reshuffle. We lost three ministers and all their work has to be done. It's not possible for me to handle it all by myself."

Meanwhile, the former Bengal Minister of Commerce and Industries Partha Chatterjee is also currently lodged in jail. Chatterjee was removed from the Bengal ministry on Thursday and was also suspended from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) following his arrest in a teacher recruitment scam case.

However, Chatterjee has claimed that the money which was unearthed by the ED does not belong to him. He said that it's a conspiracy against him. 

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