Bhubaneswar: Mohan Charan Majhi took oath as the Chief Minister of the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Odisha on Wednesday.
Along with Majhi, two deputy Chief Ministers — Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida were also sworn in.
Odisha Governor Raghubar Das administered the oath to the first BJP Chief Minister of the state along with the deputies.
The oath-taking ceremony was held at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik, who served as chief minister of Odisha for 24 years was also present on the stage.
Several high-profile BJP leaders including — Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Nitin Gadkari, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Dev Sai, Tripura CM Manik Saha, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath were among the dignitaries also witnessed the grand ceremony .