In Odisha, the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi will take place at 4.55 this evening at the Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar. Mr Majhi will take oath along with two deputy chief ministers, Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, and Pravati Parida and several ministers. 

This is the first time, the BJP is going to form a government in the state on its ending the long 24-year rule of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal. 

The 52-year-old Majhi was unanimously elected leader of the BJP legislature party last evening in the presence of central BJP observers Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupendra Yadav. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, several other Union Ministers Jual Oram, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and chief ministers of many BJP-ruled states will be attending the swearing-in ceremony.