Bhubaneswar: Mohan Charan Majhi was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha by Governor Raghubar Das Wednesday at a ceremony that was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Ministers and senior BJP leaders at Bhubaneswar’s Janata Maidan.
Apart from Majhi, Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida were sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers.
Here is the list of Council of Ministers that were sworn in:
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
The BJP legislature party which met at state BJP headquarters in Bhubaneswar under the supervision of two central observers- Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupendra Yadav Tuesday, unanimously elected four-time MLA from Keonjhar (ST) Assembly seat Mohan Charan Majhi as its leader and the Chief Minister.
The legislature party also named six-time MLA from Patnagarh Assembly KV Singhdeo and first-timer MLA from Nimapara Pravati Parida as the two Deputy Chief Ministers.
Apart 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 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 Commissionerate Police have made elaborate arrangements by deploying 67 platoons of security personnel for the high-profile event. Addressing the media in Bhubaneswar Tuesday, Twin City Police Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda said the route connecting airport to Governor House would be cordoned off by the security personnel, in view of several VIPs including the Prime Minister attending the event. Following the brief visit to the Governor House, the Prime Minister would be escorted to Janata Maidan in a high-security carcade, he added.
The BJP stormed to power in Odisha by winning 78 of the total 147 Assembly seats in the 2024 election in Odisha.
PNN & Agencies