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Mohan Charan Majhi, a tribal leader, will be sworn in as the next Chief Minister of Odisha on Wednesday, June 12, at the Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar at 5 PM. Along with him, his two deputy chief ministers, first-time MLA Pravati Parida and six-time legislator Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, will also take the oath of office.
Several senior and young BJP legislators are being considered for cabinet positions. Senior leaders such as Jayanarayan Mishra, Suresh Pujari, Rabinarayan Naik, Laxman Bag, Surama Padhy, and Bhaskar Madhei are being speculated for cabinet berths. Noted among these is Laxman Bag, who defeated BJD president and outgoing chief minister Naveen Patnaik from the Kantabanji assembly constituency.
Other names doing the rounds for cabinet positions include Babu Singh, Irasis Achaharya, Sanjali Murmu, Satrughan Jena, Nabin Kumar Jain, Saroj Kumar Pradhan, Durga Prasan Nayak, Pradyumna Kumar Nayak, Pradeep Bal Samanta (Sukinda), Mukesh Mahaling, Nityananda Gond, and Suryabanshi Suraj. Reportedly, Chhattisgarh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan’s son Prithiviraj Harichandan may also be inducted into the Odisha cabinet.
The Odisha assembly has a sanctioned strength of 22 council of ministers, including the chief minister.
The BJP ended the 24-year rule of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Naveen Patnaik in Odisha by winning a majority in the assembly polls, which were held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP won 78 of 147 seats in the Odisha assembly, while the BJD secured 51 seats, and the Congress managed to win 14 seats.
Source: Odisha to get 2 deputy chief ministers today: List of probable cabinet ministers