Bhubaneswar, Jume 12 (News on AIR): The first BJP chief minister of Odisha, Mohan Charan Majhi, took oath this evening at a grand swearing-in ceremony held at Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

Two deputy chief ministers, Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, and 13 ministers also took oath along with the chief minister.

Odisha Governor Raghubar Das administered oath to Majhi and his council of ministers.
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari, Jual Oram, Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupinder Yadav and chief ministers of several BJP ruled states were present.

The event also witnessed presence of BJD supremo and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik and many other dignitaries.