Bhubaneswar, June 11: Odisha BJP delegation on Tuesday met Odisha Governor Raghubar Das and staked claim to form the next government.
A few hours after being elected as the leader of BJP legislature party by the newly elected MLAs, Mohan Charan Majhi accompanied by newly elected BJP MLAs visited the Raj Bhawan, met the Governor and staked claims to form Odisha government.
Meanwhile, CM designate Mohan Majhi presented a letter to the Governer to allow the BJP to form the Odisha Cabinet.
“We met the Governor and submitted to him the letter electing me the leader of the (BJP) legislature party. The new council of ministers will be sworn in on June 12,” Mohan Majhi told the reporters.
Worth mentioning, in the recently concluded Assembly Elections, the BJP won 78 seats and secured absolute majority to form the Odisha government.
