Mohan Charan Majhi, a four-time MLA and tribal chief, was sworn in as Odisha’s first BJP chief minister on Wednesday, in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a number of Union ministers, and chief ministers. KV Singh Deo, a senior BJP chief and Patnagarh MLA, and Pravati Parida, a debutant from the Nimapara meeting phase, took oath as deputy chief ministers. Governor Rabghubar Das administered the oath of workplace and secrecy to them at Bhubaneswar’s Janata Maidan. The jap state has by no means had a BJP authorities earlier than.
Aside from Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Bhupender Yadav, Dharmendra Pradhan, Jual Oram, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and others attended the ceremony.
Several chief ministers from BJP-ruled states, together with Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and Uttarakhand, additionally attended. The ceremony was additionally attended by Odisha’s outgoing Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik.
For the primary time in Odisha, the BJP obtained a transparent mandate, ending the BJD’s 24-year reign. The saffron occasion swept to energy in Odisha, profitable 78 seats within the 147-member Assembly, whereas the Patnaik-led BJD obtained 51, Congress (14), CPI(M) gained one, and Independents obtained three.
