Bhubaneswar: Four-time MLA and tribal leader Mohan Charan Majhi was Wednesday sworn in as the first BJP chief minister of Odisha at a ceremony here attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers and Chief Ministers.
Senior BJP leader and Patnagarh MLA KV Singh Deo and debutant from Nimapara Assembly segment Pravati Parida took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers.
Governor Rabghubar Das administered the oath of secrecy and office to Majhi and other members of his council of ministers at Janata Maidan.
Here is the list of ministers who took oath Wednesday:
Chief Minister
Mohan Charan Majhi
Deputy Chief Ministers
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
Pravati Parida
Cabinet Ministers
Suresh Pujari
Rabi Narayan Naik
Nityananda Gond
Krushna Chandra Patra
Prithiviraj Harichandan
Mukesh Mahaling
Bibhuti Bhushan Jena
Krushna Chandra Mahapatra
MoS (Independent charge)
Ganesh Ram SingKhuntia
Suryabanshi Suraj
Pradeep Bala Samanta
Gokulananda Malik
Sampad Chandra Swain
Several chief ministers of BJP-ruled states including Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand were also present. Odisha’s outgoing chief minister Naveen Patnaik also attended the ceremony.
BJP for the first time got a clear mandate in Odisha, ending the 24-year stint of the BJD.
The saffron party stormed to power in Odisha by securing 78 seats in the 147-member Assembly while Patnaik-led BJD got 51 seats, Congress (14), CPI(M) won one seat while Independents got three.
PNN & Agencies