Odisha: BJP legislative meet today, oath ceremony on June 12

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in Odisha is going on, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupendra Yadav have been appointed as observers to oversee the legislative party meeting to elect the chief minister. «At 11am on Monday there will be a legislative party meeting in Bhubaneshwar. Most likely the central observers will be reaching on Monday morning,» Jaynarayan Mishra, former leader of opposition and BJP MLA, told ET.

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The swearing-in ceremony which was earlier planned for June 10 has now been shifted to June 12. Party sources told ET that this was done to ensure availability of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders for the swearing-in ceremony at the Janta Maidan in Bhubaneshwar. Sources told ET that the party may adopt the formula of one CM and two deputy chief ministers as it has done in some other states. However, days after getting a clear majority in the Odisha assembly polls, suspense still remains over the new chief minister. State BJP leader and MLA Suresh Pujari was earlier called to New Delhi for a meeting with the central leadership giving rise to the speculation that he may be in the race to become the CM. However, Pujari denied it. «All this is media speculation. I have already said that whatever decision the party takes will be acceptable to all the leaders and workers,» Pujari told ET.

Sources told ET that a balance of Western and Coastal Odisha will be ensured in the new government in the state.