Analysis | From Kanthi, Not Kolkata: What Sets Suvendu Adhikari Apart

Updated: May 30, 2026 09:47 am IST Published On May 30, 2026 09:41 am IST Last Updated On May 30, 2026 09:47 am IST

Published On May 30, 2026 09:41 am IST

Last Updated On May 30, 2026 09:47 am IST

West Bengal's ninth chief minister, Suvendu Adhikari, is the state's first chief minister in 55 years who hails from outside Kolkata and hence has no house of his own in the city.

Most of his predecessors, from the first chief minister Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, who was in the chair for barely six months before making way for Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, to three-term chief minister Mamata Banerjee, were mostly residents of Kolkata and hence contested seats in and around the city and had their homes there. Most of the state's chief ministers have lived in neighbourhoods alongside commoners as neighbours.

Since Kolkata has functioned without a designated chief ministerial quarter, Adhikari moved to a plush convention centre-cum-guesthouse, "Soujanya" - a high-tech complex built........

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