Correct Answer : Mohan Charan Majhi
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Mohan Charan Majhi took oath as Odisha Chief Minister on Wednesday (12th June 2024) evening. The tribal leader had earlier met the outgoing CM and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief, Naveen Patnaik, and invited him to the swearing-in ceremony scheduled at 5 pm.
* Before this, Majhi paid floral tributes to the statues of the state's icons in Bhubaneswar. He said work will begin within 100 days of the formation of the new government to fulfil the promises made in the BJP's manifesto.
* The 52-year-old politician is a significant tribal leader in the coastal state. Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida will serve as his deputies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with top BJP bigwigs, will also attend today's event.
* Majhi clinched victory in the Keonjhar Assembly constituency in Odisha, triumphing over Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Minu Majhi by a margin of 11,577 votes. The BJP secured 78 seats in the 147-member Assembly, while the BJD garnered 51 seats.
* The new Odisha CM had earlier represented the Keonjhar Assembly constituency twice, in 2000 and 2004, before winning it again in the 2019 Odisha Assembly polls. Previously, he had served as the representative of Keonjhar twice, spanning from 2000 to 2009.
* In the 2000 Odisha Assembly Elections, Mohan Majhi defeated Congress candidate Jagadish Naik by 22,163 votes in Keonjhar, while, in 2004 state elections, he won against Congress' Madhab Sardar in Keonjhar..
Source : Mint
