Mohan Charan Majhi has been named as Odisha's first BJP Chief Minister. He will take oath on June 12. He is a 4-time BJP MLA. Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida to be the Deputy Chief Ministers of the state. The new government will take oath at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the oath-taking ceremony.
The 52-year-old defeated Mina Majhi of the BJD by 11,577 votes from the Keonjhar assembly constituency. The chief whip of the BJP in the previous assembly, he was elected to the Assembly for the fourth time.
KV Singh Seo who was named a deputy chief minister defeated Saroj Kumar Meher of the BJD by 1357 votes from Patnagarh, while the other deputy CM Pravati Parida beat BJD leader Dilip Kumar Nayak by 4588 votes from Nimapara.
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