Mohan Majhi sworn-in as Odisha CM with his cabinet; PM, other BJP leaders attend

Majhi, a four-term MLA from Keonjhar Sadar and a prominent tribal leader in the state, was chosen as the BJP legislature party leader on Tuesday at the meeting of party’s MLAs

was sworn in as the 16th chief minister of Odisha along with his 15 ministers in Bhubaneshwar at a function on Wednesday.

“With the blessings of Lord Jagannath and guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ‘Developed Odisha’ will be formed. The hopes and aspirations of 4.5 crore [45 million] Odia people will be fulfilled,” Majhi wrote on X.

Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, Union home minister Amit Shah, Union surface transport minister Nitin Gadkari, and BJP national president JP Nadda, Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and others, attended the ceremony that took place in Bhubaneswar’s Janata Maidan. 

Chief ministers of states, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Gujarat  CM Bhupendra Patel, Pushkar Singh Dhami of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav and Vishnu Deo Sai of Chhatisgarh, were among the dignitaries present at the ceremony