Two former chief secretaries – Alapan Bandyopadhyay and H.K. Dwivedi – have resigned as chief advisors to outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, following the change in guard in the State, an official said on Wednesday (May 6, 2026).
The two retired IAS officers submitted the resignations on Tuesday (May 5, 2026), he said.
Eminent economist Abhirup Sarkar, too, has stepped down from the dual posts of chairman of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) and West Bengal Small Industries Development Corporation (WBSIDC), the State secretariat official said.