Senior party officials Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav were named by the BJP on Sunday as central observers to supervise the election of the MLA leader in the Odisha assembly, who will be sworn in as the state’s next chief minister.
The party announced in a statement that Yadav, who participated extensively in the state assembly elections, and Singh were chosen by the parliamentary board to preside over the meeting.
Ending the Biju Janata Dal’s over 24 years rule under outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the BJP won 78 seats in the 147-member assembly, scoring a majority for the first time in the state.
The BJP also made almost a clean sweep of the Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, winning 20 of 21 constituencies.
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Odisha: BJP appoints 2 central observers to decide CM candidate
