The first BJP chief minister of Odisha, Mohan Charan Majhi, took oath this evening at a grand swearing-in ceremony held at Bhubaneswar. Two deputy chief ministers, Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, and 13 ministers also took oath along with the chief minister. Odisha Governor Raghubar Das administered oath to Majhi and his council of ministers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari, Jual Oram, Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupinder Yadav and many chief ministers of BJP ruled states, BJD supremo and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik and many other dignitaries attended the swearing-in ceremony.
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