Odisha's new Chief Minister to take oath on June 12

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 10 (ANI): The swearing-in ceremony of Odisha's new Chief Minister will take place on June 12, Odisha BJP President Manmohan Samal said on Monday.
"PM Modi will reach on 12th June by 2:30 pm for the oath-taking ceremony. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 5:00 pm. Tomorrow the BJP legislative meeting will be held."
On being asked if he is in the race for CM face he says, "BJPs parliamentary board will decide...No one is in the race (for the post of Chief Minister) in BJP...The observers will reach tomorrow."
Former Union Minister and BJP MP from Balasore, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, said that the central observers will elect the next Chief Minister of Odisha tomorrow.
"Union Ministers and Central Observers, Rajnath Singh and Bhupendra Yadav, to chair the first BJP legislative meeting at 4:30 pm at party headquarters in Bhubaneswar on June 11. The central observers should elect the leader of the party's legislative assembly in Odisha," he said.
Earlier on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appointed Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav as central observers for the appointment of the Chief Minister of Odisha.
This decision was announced in an official release on Sunday by Arun Singh, the National General Secretary of BJP.
"The Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party has appointed Rajnath Singh, Union Minister, Government of India, and Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister, Government of India, as central observers for the election of the leader of the party's legislative assembly in Odisha," the release read.
The Biju Janata Dal suffered a defeat in the Odisha assembly polls at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party, putting an end to the 24-year-old reign of Naveen Patnaik.
The Bharatiya Janata Party secured 78 seats in the 147-seat assembly. The BJD secured 51 seats, way behind the majority mark of 74 and the Indian National Congress secured 14 seats.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, also BJP performed well by securing 20 out of the 21 parliamentary seats in the state; the remaining one seat was won by Congress. (ANI)