By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Ending Naveen Patnaik’s 24 years of BJD rule, BJP’s Mohan Charan Majhi was on Thursday took oath as Chief Minister of Odisha at a glittering oath taking ceremony held at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar,, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Ministers of BJP ruled States and Union Ministers and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Majhi sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of Odisha. Along with the new CM, KV Singh Deo and Prabhati Parida also took the oath of office as the Deputy Chief Ministers. Governor Raghubar Das administered them the oath of office and secrecy.
CM Majhi’s Council of Ministers comprising eight Cabinet Ministers and five Ministers of State (Independent Charge) also took the oath of office during the event.
Suresh Pujari, Rabi Narayan Naik, Nityananda Gond, Krushna Chandra Patra, Prithviraj Harichandan, Mukesh Mahaling, Bibhuti Bhusan Jena and Krushna Chandra Mahapatra have been sworn in as Cabinet Ministers.
Similarly, Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia, Suryabanshi Suraj, Pradeep Bala Samant, Gokulananda Mallik and Sampad Chandra Swain have taken oaths for Ministers of State (Independent Charge).
