West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari allocates portfolios to a first batch of five ministers after a meeting with MLAs on Monday, according to multiple reports. The arrangements include key departments being assigned to specific members of his cabinet, while Adhikari retains the most sensitive portfolios with himself. Dilip Ghosh is given charge of panchayats and rural development, while Agnimitra Paul receives the women and child development portfolio. Other ministers in the first group also receive designated departments, as outlined in the reported cabinet list. One report notes that Adhikari keeps key portfolios with himself “like Mamata,” indicating continuity in how major departments are retained by the chief minister rather than distributed among other ministers. The details on the remaining allocated departments are presented in an accompanying checklist/list format by the outlets, but the common elements across the reports are the meeting with MLAs, the total number of ministers receiving portfolios in this first batch (five), and the specific department assignments for Ghosh and Paul.