With a change of guard in the state, key government buildings, including the Legislative Assembly and the Writers’ Building have been illuminated with saffron lights. Under the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, the Assembly building was lit up in green or blue and white.

After the BJP registered a landslide victory in the recently concluded Assembly elections, the focus has also shifted back to the 240-year-old Writers’ Building, which used to be the administrative headquarters under the 34-year Left Front regime, before the Mamata government shifted the state secretariat to Nabanna in Howrah in 2011.

Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP had announced plans to make the Writers’ Building as the administrative headquarters. However, till the renovation work is underway, the chief minister is likely to work either from Nabanna or the Assembly premises.

The change in lighting has also triggered speculation over whether the colour of the government buildings will be changed. However, according to BJP sources, neither the party or the government is in a hurry to change the colour.

After Mamata Banerjee assumed the office of chief minister, government buildings had undergone a visible transformation with schools, colleges, and civic bodies offices repainted in blue and white.

A senior official of state administration said, “Till now, no decision has been taken on this issue. However, in some places, enthusiastic BJP supporters have changed the colour of some municipality offices, but we have instructed that such actions will not be encouraged. The government is yet to decide on the new colour of the government buildings.”