From Village Sarpanch to Odisha CM: All You Need To Know About BJP’s Mohan Charan Majhi

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday named Mohan Charan Majhi BJP’s first Chief Minister in Odisha. Known for his exemplary performance in the Odisha Assembly, Majhi is a firebrand tribal leader who held the Keonjhar Assembly seat since 2019 and won it in the 2024 Assembly election by a margin of 11,000 votes.

All You Need To Know About MOHAN MAJHI

• Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP’s tribal leader who was named the 15th chief minister of Odisha, kicked off his political career as a village sarpanch nearly three decades ago.
• Hailing from Raikala village in the tribal-dominated and mineral-rich Keonjhar district, Majhi (52), the son of a watchman, has been elected to the Odisha assembly on four occasions – 2000, 2004, 2019 and 2024.
• Majhi, a graduate, was the village head from 1997-2000. He was also the secretary of the BJP’s Adivasi Morcha before being elected as an MLA from Keonjhar in 2000.
• In the 2024 assembly elections, he retained the Keonjhar seat by defeating BJD’s Mina Majhi.
• He was the opposition chief whip in the previous Odisha assembly, countering the BJD government on several key issues.
• Scripting a historic win, the saffron party had stormed to power in the state, bagging 78 out of the 147 assembly seats.
• The chief minister’s swearing-in ceremony will be held at the Janata Maidan here on Wednesday.

In his first reaction after he was named the CM, Majhi said: “Due to the blessings of Lord Jagannath, the BJP achieved majority in Odisha and is going to form the government in the state. I would like to thank the 4.5 crore Odias who voted for change.”

Majhi also asserted that the BJP will honour the trust of the people of Odisha.