Mohan Charan Majhi with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he took oath of office as Chief Minister of Odisha. - The Statesman/ANN
NEW DELHI: The eastern Indian state of Odisha got a new chief minister on Wednesday after the 24-year rule of Naveen Patnaik, the seasoned leader of the regional party Biju Janata Dal , ended, following the Bharatiya Janata Party's victory in the recent provincial assembly election. BJP leader Mohan Charan Majhi, who belongs to a tribal community, was sworn in as the new Odisha chief minister for a five-year term at a ceremony in Bhubaneswar attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.Majhi, 52, is a four-time state legislator and comes from the mineral-rich region of Keonjhar.
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