dwijen mukherjee and sandhya mukherjee top industrialists yogi deveshwar and harsh neotia also attendedunion home minister p chidambaram walked into raj bhavan a few minutes after buddhadeb bhattacharjee he greeted amit mitra and the two had a quick conversation union finance minister pranab mukherjee and defence minister a k antony also attended the eventit was time for the days proceedings to begin mamata was sworn in first she was her usual self businesslike and a bit hurried she allowed herself a smile as she wound up and turned to the governor a deafening applause signalled the start of her reignsamar ghosh read out the list of ministers starting with staunch mamata loyalist subrata bakshi partha chatterjee was second claps and gasps followed some names were cheered while some others were greeted less generouslythe ceremony had a flavour of diversity as several ministers took oath in languages other than bengali and english while abdul karim choudhury read out his oath in urdu sukumar hansda stuck to his mother tongue santhali javed khan surprised many by choosing english rachpal singh impressed the audience by sticking to bengali though his diction needs some polishing upen biswas took his oath in the name of buddha the former cbi joint director is a buddhist former chief secretary manish gupta thundered through his oath in his baritone amit mitra read in a slightly more halting fashion bratya basus diction was perhaps the best but it was shyamal mondol who stole hearts with his earthy style he trotted on to the stage in a sprightly manner and almost stepped on the microphone the mla from canning east insisted on touching mamatas feet and had his way though didi wasnt eager he then took the oath as if he were giving a speech