Odisha Chief Minister Name Highlights: Four-time MLA and senior BJP leader Mohan Charan Majhi has been declared as the party’s choice as the new Chief Minister of Odisha. KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida will be the Deputy Chief Ministers. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s legislature party in Bhubaneswar, a week after the party stormed to power in the state, paving the way for the formation of the maiden BJP government in Odisha. Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav were present at the meeting. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for June 12.
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The BJP legislature party in Odisha on Tuesday elected four-time MLA Mohan Charan Majhi as its leader, paving the way for his swearing-in as the Chief Minister on Wednesday. KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida have been appointed as Deputy Chief Ministers. The decision was taken during a meeting of the BJP legislature party in Bhubaneswar in the presence of senior party leaders Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav.
Former Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister and the Cabinet. The oath ceremony will be held at the Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar at 5 PM on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in the state capital at 2.30 PM tomorrow and shall undertake a road-show in a gesture of gratitude to greet the voters for the BJP's maiden victory in the Assembly elections in the state.
The BJP legislature party meeting has begun at the party headquarters in Bhubaneswar where the newly-elected MLAs are set to elect their new leader who will be named the new Chief Minister of the state. Senior leaders including Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav are also present at the meeting as central observers.
As leaders remain tight-lipped over the BJP's probable chief ministerial pick, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan arrived in Bhubaneswar to a rousing welcome from his supporters. This is Pradhan's first visit to the state after he was sworn in as a Cabinet minister in the Modi 3.0 cabinet. Pradhan, who has been assigned the Education portfolio, won the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat in the state by over 1 lakh votes.
The suspense over whom the BJP will pick as the new Chief Minister of Odisha is likely to end soon with its legislature party meeting scheduled to begin any time now. The meeting will be overseen by central observers Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav. This is the first time the BJP will form a government in the state.
Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party have started to arrive at the party office in Bhubaneswar where a meeting of its newly-elected legislature party is scheduled to begin at 4.30 PM. The BJP has sent two senior leaders - Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav - to oversee the process as central observers. The name of the new Odisha Chief Minister is likely to emerge at the meeting of the MLAs in Bhubaneswar today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister and Cabinet ministers of the state. The event is scheduled to begin at 5 PM tomorrow, June 12.
VK Pandian, the bureaucrat who took voluntary retirement to join the Biju Janata Dal, retired from active politics a day after the BJP emerged victorious in the state elections. Pandian featured prominently in the campaign as the man accused of running the government from the backroom.
BJP leaders in the state have credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party's 'Odia Asmita' campaign for the BJP's victory in the Assembly polls. Notably, in the Lok Sabha elections held simultaneously, the BJP bagged 20 of the 21 seats, riding on the campaign against Naveen Patnaik. Notably, the BJP and BJD called off an alliance in the state at the last minute following objections from the state unit of the party.
Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal visited former CM Naveen Patnaik's residence today and extended him an invitation to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Odisha Chief Minister.
Union Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh arrived in Bhubaneswar a short while ago. He is among the two central observers tasked with overseeing the CM selection process at the party's legislature party meeting. Bhupinder Yadav is the other central observer sent to Odisha for overseeing the task.
The BJP legislature party in the Odisha Assembly is scheduled to meet at 4.30 PM today to elect their leader who will lead the government in the state as CHief Minister. The meeting will be overseen by senior BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav who have been deputed as central observers for the exercise.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has said it will extend an invitation to outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief Minister. The oath ceremony of the Chief Minister and the new ministers will be held in Bhubaneswar at 5 PM on Wednesday.
Manmohan Samal is seen a s a frontrunner for the post of Odisha Chief Minister as hectic parleys continue over the selection. Samal, however, lost his own election from the CHandabali seat by a thin margin of 1916 votes. A grassroots leader, he has previously held several departments as minister in the BJP-BJD government from 2004 to 2008. Samal was the key opponent to the alliance between the two parties again ahead of polls and insisted upon the central leadership to go the polls alone.
The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in the recently held Odisha Assembly Elections, winning 78 of the 147 seats in the state and gaining a majority. The BJP's victory brings the curtains down on the illustrious 24-year rule of the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD in the state. The party could only bag 51 seats in a tight contest against the BJP.
With the exit of Dharmendra Pradhan and Jual Oram, the BJP's hunt for a new Chief Minister may zero in on local faces. As per party sources, state BJP president Manmohan Samal, former state BJP chief Suresh Pujari and Narendra Modi’s former principal secretary to then Gujarat CM, Girish Murmu, are among the names doing the rounds. However, the BJP leadership may spring a surprise as was the case in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
With the exit of Dharmendra Pradhan and Jual Oram, the BJP's hunt for a new Chief Minister may zero in on local faces. As per party sources, state BJP president Manmohan Samal, former state BJP chief Suresh Pujari and Narendra Modi’s former principal secretary to then Gujarat CM, Girish Murmu, are among the names doing the rounds. However, the BJP leadership may spring a surprise as was the case in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Initially seen as the frontrunners for the post of Odisha's new Chief Minister, top party leaders Dharmendra Pradhan and Jual Oram were ruled out of the race after they were sworn in as Cabinet ministers at the Centre in the newly-formed NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The legislature party of the BJP comprising the newly-elected party MLAs in the state will meet at 4.30 PM today to elect their leader in the Assembly. In the Assembly elections held recently, the BJP bagged a majority, winning 78 of the 147 seats in Odisha while the ruling Biju Janata Dal was reduced to 51 seats.
Suspense continues over the selection of the new Odisha Chief Minister a day ahead of the scheduled oath-taking ceremony. The BJP legislature party is meeting in Bhuvaneshwar today where it is likely to elect its new leader. The BJP has deputed senior party leaders Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav to oversee the selection process. The oath ceremony is scheduled for June 12 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to be present.
In the Assembly elections held in Odisha recently, the BJP emerged as the winner on 78 of the 147 constituencies.The Biju Janata Dal, on the other hand, could win only 51 seats, a loss of 62 seats from its 2019 tally. The Congress gained 5 seats to bag 14. The BJP gained 55 seats in the state riding on high anti-incumbency against the CHif Minister Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government.