A new political era has began in Odisha with four-time tribal legislator Mohan Charan Majhi taking oath of office as the first BJP CM along with 15 ministers at an event in the presence of former CM Naveen Patnaik.
Majhi who visited Patnaik's home to invite him and “seek his blessings”, was on the Janata Maidan dais in Bhubaneswar with PM Modi and a heavy-duty BJP line-up that included home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, health minister and BJP president J P Nadda, and road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari.
After the ceremony, Modi and Naveen were seen chatting for a while. Majhi's team, with two deputies in Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and first-time MLA Pravati Parida, has 11 cabinet ministers and five ministers of state with independent charge.
Soon after the ceremony, PM Modi took to X and congratulated Majhi for taking over the CM's post. "It's a historic day in Odisha! With the blessings of my sisters and brothers of Odisha, @BJP4Odisha is forming its first-ever government in the state," he said in a post.
Several chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, including Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand also attended the event.
Speaking to reporters earlier, Manji said that the work will begin within 100 days of the formation of the new government to fulfil the promises made in the BJP's manifesto.
3rd term for Khandu in Arunachal
Pema Khandu was sworn as CM of a BJP govt in Arunachal Pradesh for a third consecutive term. Khandu took the oath of office along with 11 ministers in the presence of home minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda. Chowna Mein got another term as Khandu’s deputy.
At Khandu’s first cabinet meeting of a new term, a 100-day agenda for the govt was approved. The cabinet also authorised a disbursement of £10 mn under the CM's Social Security Scheme to benefit around 80,000 underprivileged people.
Led by Khandu, who won his family borough Mukto uncontested, BJP scripted its second consec- utive electoral landslide in the frontier state, winning 46 of 60 assembly constituencies. Ten of these MLAs won unopposed. NDA ally NPP won five seats, the same as in 2019, while NCP made a comeback, garnering three.
