After the defeat of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in both state Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, Patnaik, the long-standing chief minister of Odisha, on Wednesday tendered his resignation to Governor Raghubar Das at the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar.
On Tuesday, the After the defeat of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in both state Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, Patnaik, the long-standing chief minister of Odisha, on Wednesday tendered his resignation to Governor Raghubar Das at the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar.
On Tuesday, the BJP bagged 78 out of the 147 seats in the Odisha Assembly, leaving the BJD with only 51 seats, falling significantly short of the 74 seats majority mark.
Meanwhile, the Congress won 14 seats, one went to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the remaining three seats were taken by Independent candidates.
The saffron party won 20 of the 21 parliamentary constituencies in the state, while the only remaining seat went to the Congress.
Post the BJP’s emphatic victory in the Assembly elections, the major question now is who will be the saffron party’s maiden Chief Minister candidate in the state? Here’s taking a look at some of the probable names:
of the 147 seats in the Odisha Assembly, leaving the BJD with only 51 seats, falling significantly short of the 74 seats majority mark.
Jual Oram
Oram has been an MLA once and has served as an MP five times.
The individual, aged 63, was one of the initial individuals in Odisha who became a member of the BJP.
He grew up in a poor tribal family in Sundargarh and earned a diploma in electrical engineering.
He was employed at BHEL for a period of five years prior to resigning in order to pursue a career in politics.
On 29 October 1999, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the prime minister at that time, founded the ministry and selected
Oram as its inaugural minister in charge of tribal affairs at the Union.
He won the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 elections.
Oram recently stated that if given the job, he will responsibly fulfill his duties as the chief minister. Even though I am not seeking to become the CM, I will not reject the offer if it comes to me.
Sambit Patra
BJP’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra is also being taken into consideration.
He is a recently appointed Member of Parliament representing the Puri constituency.
The individual, aged 50, possesses medical qualifications from VSS Medical College and Hospital in Burla town, Sambalpur district, as well as SCB Medical College, Cuttack.
Prior to entering politics, he was employed as a doctor at Hindu Rao Hospital in Delhi.
In 2012, he served as the Delhi unit’s spokesperson for the saffron party and made an unsuccessful bid in the municipal council elections for the Kashmere Gate ward in Delhi.
Dharmendra Pradhan
Pradhan, the Education Minister of the Union, emerged victorious in the Sambalpur seat, beating BJD’s Pranab Prakash Das by a significant margin of votes.
In the most recent election, he spearheaded the BJP’s campaign for Odia Asmita, which means Odia pride.
Hindustan Times reports that party officials think Pradhan is ahead of his competitors in the CM race due to his ten-year experience as the Union’s education and petroleum minister.
He started his political career in 2000 as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
He served as the Lok Sabha MP for Deogarh in Odisha in 2004.
He lost the election for the Pallahara assembly seat in 2009.
Afterwards, he was chosen as a member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar and later from Madhya Pradesh.
