Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as Odisha CM

Bhubaneswar:Naveen Patnaik was on Wednesday sworn-in as the Odisha Chief Minister after he was re-elected with a decisive majority in the Assembly elections. Patnaik and his team of ministers were administered the oath of the office at a function here. The 72-year-old Biju Janata Dal chief became one of the longest-serving chief



ministers of the coastal state.

The Biju Janata Dal, which secured 112 seat in the 147-member Odisha Assembly in the recently concluded election, held along with Lok Sabha polls, has been in power in the state since 2000.