Bengal cabinet portfolio allocation soon, assure BJP seniors

KOLKATA: The Bengal cabinet portfolio allocation would be happening soon, most likely this week, state BJP seniors said late on Tuesday. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari was slated to keep the critical home department, BJP seniors indicated, adding that other important departments would be entrusted with “senior and capable” MLAs.Oncologist Sharadwat Mukherjee would, in all probability, get health, party seniors said. “This department fuelled the maximum anger against the previous Trinamool administration and we would prefer that this department went to a doctor with a lot of credibility among peers,” a state BJP senior explained.Party seniors tipped Rashbehari BJP MLA Swapan Dasgupta for either the finance or commerce and industries portfolio unless there were more last-minute changes. Former journalist Jagannath Chattopadhyay was being tipped to get the higher education department with Dipak Burman being said to be ahead in the race to get school education.BJP Noapara MLA Arjun Singh might get transport department while Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh was being spoken of as the next tourism minister.