By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha BJP Legislative Party was on Tuesday unanimously elected senior Party MLA from Koenjhar, Mohan Charan Majhi as Leader and Majhi will take oath as Chief Minister of the State on Wednesday evening ending 24 years rule of BJD Government led by Naveen Patnaik.
The new Government will have 2 Deputy Chief Ministers including Patnagarah MLA KV Singh Deo and Nimapara MLA Prabhati Parida.
The decision was announced by Party’s election observers Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupendra Yadav. Union Ministers from Odisha, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Jual Oram and others were among those present.
Majhi said 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.
