Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bhartruhari Mahtab after being appointed Speaker pro-tem called it a big responsibility adding that no one from Odisha held the office earlier.
After the swearing-in of new Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi under the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen making a heartwarming gesture to former state CM and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik.
Taking to X he shared, "Heartiest congratulations to Mohan Charan Majhi Ji on being unanimously elected as the leader of BJP Odisha Party Legislature. I also congratulate KV Singh Deo Ji and Pravati Parida Ji on being selected as Deputy Chief Ministers by BJP Odisha Party Legislature."
Jual Oram had earlier served as the Union Cabinet Minister in charge of Tribal Affairs in the first term of the Narendra Modi government from May 2014 to May 2019.
"The new government will be sworn in in the next few days. We are expecting senior guests, VIPs to attend the occasion. More than 30,000 people will attend the swearing-in ceremony. Eminent guests from different sectors, people from various sections of the society will also participate," Odi
After a massive defeat in the State Assembly and Parliamentary elections, the 24-year-old tenure of Naveen Patnaik concluded as he submitted his resignation to Odisha Governor Raghubar Das at the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party registered a landslide victory in Odisha in the Lok Sabha election and secured a majority in the State Assembly, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday that people in the state instilled their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would form the next government in Odisha.
Notably, the exit polls on Sunday predicted that the state is going to witness a neck-and-neck fight with the two-decade rule of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal facing a stiff challenge from BJP.
After predicting a landslide win for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha polls in Odisha, the exit polls on Sunday predicted that the state is going to witness a neck-and-neck fight with the two-decade rule of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal facing a stiff challenge from BJP.
Though the ongoing election campaign in Odisha has seen the acrimonious exchange of words between the leaders of BJP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday did not shut the door closed for his party extending support to the BJP if required after the election.