The Bharatiya Janata Occasion management in West Bengal has chosen Rathindra Bose because the celebration’s candidate for the publish of Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Meeting.

The elections for the publish of the Speaker can be held on Friday (Might 15, 2026). Going by the numbers, the BJP has a transparent majority of 207 seats within the 294 member Home.

Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari introduced the choice on Thursday (Might 14, 2026) and urged Opposition events to unanimously elect him because the Speaker.

“Shri Rathindra Bose, Bharatiya Janata Occasion MLA of the Cooch Behar Dakshin (South) Constituency, has been nominated as our Candidate for the Publish of Hon’ble Speaker of the 18th West Bengal Legislative Meeting. I hope that his Candidature is supported by every person and he will get elected unanimously,” Mr. Adhikari posted on social media.

After being nominated because the BJP’s candidate for the Speaker publish, Mr. Bose stated, “I’ll fulfil the duty given by the celebration. If vital, I’ll take recommendation from skilled members of the Meeting.”

The BJP MLA submitted his nomination papers for the publish of Speaker within the presence of the Chief Minister and different BJP MLAs.

Rathindra Bose, a first-time BJP MLA, is a chartered accountant by occupation. Earlier than he entered lively politics, he was related to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Within the 2026 Meeting elections, he defeated Trinamool candidate Abhijit De Bhowmik from the Cooch Behar South constituency by greater than 23,000 votes. Rathindra is a first-time MLA.

Throughout the Trinamool Congress rule, he Speaker of the West Bengal Meeting was Biman Banerjee, a lawyer and Trinamool MLA from the Baruipur Paschim constituency. Mr. Banerjee has managed to win his seat on this election.

Throughout the Left Entrance period, Syed Abdul Mansur Habibullah and Hashim Abdul Halim grew to become the Audio system of the Meeting respectively. Normally, political events nominate somebody who’s a lawyer or a lawyer by occupation because the Speaker. Nonetheless, the prevailing apply has been damaged this time with the nomination of Rathindra Bose.