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Mohan Charan Majhi to be new Chief minister of Odisha

New CM Mohan Charan Majhi, Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Mohan Majhi will be the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister of  Odihsa as the 24-year-old tenure of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik ended following a massive defeat in the State Assembly elections.

The chief minister of Odisha was selected at the BJP legislature party meeting, which was attended by Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav as observers.

Mohan Charan Majhi won the Keonjhar seat with a margin of around 87,815 votes. He defeated BJD's Mina Majhi from the constituency. 

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