Senior party leader Mohan Majhi will be BJP's first Chief Minister in the State. The decision was taken by central observers Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav. The saffron party had appointed both the Union Ministers to oversee the selection of the new Chief Minister.
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| Mohan Majhi named Odisha's first BJP Chief Minister; to take oath on June 12 |
The new government will take oath on June 12. The BJP on June 4 secured a majority by winning 78 seats in the 147-member Odisha Assembly. It also bagged 20 of 21 Lok Sabha seats in the State.
Mohan Charan Majhi was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Keonjhar in the 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He also represented the Keonjhar twice during the years 2000 to 2009.
Due to the blessings of Lord Jagannath, the BJP has achieved majority in Odisha and is going to form the government in the State. I would like to thank the 4.5 crore Odias who decided to vote for a change and bring the BJP to power in Odisha. The BJP will definitely honour the trust that the people of Odisha have shown," said Odisha CM-designate, Mohan Majhi.
“I am very happy that my father is going to be the Chief Minister of Odisha. Before the announcement, we didn’t have an inkling that he would be selected as the new CM. My friends have since been calling to congratulate me,” said Mohan Charan Majhi’s younger son.
“I thought that he would be a Minister but had never thought that he would become the Chief Minister. I came to know about the good news from OTV. I am really very happy. All this happened due to the blessings of Lord Jagannath,” said, Mohan Charan Majhi’s wife Priyanka Marandi
Two Deputy CMs For Odisha
KV Singh Deo and Prabhati Parida have been appointed Deputy Chief Ministers of Odisha. This is the first time that Odisha will have deputy CMs.
