Mohan Majhi is a four-time MLA from Keonjhar
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha):
The BJP has picked a comparatively unknown face — four-time MLA and the occasion’s tribal face Mohan Charan Manjhi — as the brand new Chief Minister of Odisha after senior state leaders Dharmendra Pradhan and Jual Oram had been pulled into the Union authorities. The occasion has additionally picked two Deputies for Mr Manjhi — KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida.
The oath ceremony will likely be held tomorrow, which will likely be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. PM Modi is anticipated to carry a roadshow in Bhubaneshwar on his method to the venue, the Janata Maidan.
Mr Majhi, 52, a four-time MLA from Keonjhar, is an skilled politician and his public service and organisational abilities labored in his favour within the race for the highest publish, sources indicated. The chief whip of the BJP within the earlier meeting, he was the youngest of the frontrunners.
Mr Deo, a six-time MLA and an erstwhile royal from Patna (princely state), Bolangir, was a minister within the Naveen Patnaik authorities for 9 years until 2009, when the BJP and the Biju Janata Dal had been in alliance.
Selecting the subsequent Chief Minister was a difficult transfer for the BJP, which is forming authorities within the coastal state for the primary time after 24 years of Naveen Patnaik’s rule. The state, although, had reposed religion within the BJP, giving the occasion 78 of the 147 meeting seats. The BJP received 51 seats.
The BJP legislature occasion chosen the names this night beneath the eyes of Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupendra Yadav, who had been despatched as observers by the Central management.
Key leaders and Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Jual Oram additionally attended the assembly held on the state BJP headquarters in Bhubaneshwar.
Tight safety preparations have been made for tomorrow’s oath ceremony. A number of dignitaries, together with union ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, are anticipated to attend the perform.
