Mamata Banerjee is going to take oath as the chief minister of the state of West Bengal of India on May 5 for the third consecutive time, reports The Times of India.
Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee announced it on Monday, the online version of the newspaper added.
The newly-elected MLAs of the TMC unanimously elected Mamata as the legislative party leader at a meeting here, he said.
Mamata led her party to one of its biggest political victories, pocketing 213 of the 292 assembly seats that went to polls and secured a third straight term in office, according to the newspaper.
Bharatiya Janata Party bagged 77 seats while Indian Secular Front, better known was ISF, which contested with the symbol of the Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party, and an independent candidate, managed one seat each.
