Mohan Charan Majhi | |
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 Majhi in 2025 | |
| 15th Chief Minister of Odisha | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2024 | |
| Governor | |
| Deputy | |
| Cabinet | Majhi |
| Preceded by | Naveen Patnaik |
| Member ofOdisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Abhiram Naik |
| Constituency | Keonjhar |
| In office 2000–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Jogendra Naik |
| Succeeded by | Subarna Naik |
| Constituency | Keonjhar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1972-01-06)6 January 1972 (age 54) |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Priyanka Marandi |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Bhubaneswar |
| Alma mater | Chandra Sekhar College,Champua (MA) Dhenkanal Law College (LLB) |
| Occupation | |
| Source:odishaassembly.nic.in | |
Mohan Charan Majhi (IPA:[mohɔnɔt͡ʃɔɾɔɳɔmad͡ʒʱi]ⓘ; born 6 January 1972) is an Indian politician, currently serving as theChief Minister of Odisha from May 2024. He was elected to theOdisha Legislative Assembly fromKeonjhar in the2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also represented the same constituency from 2000 to 2009 and from 2019 to 2024. He served as the chief whip of the BJP in the Odisha assembly from 2019 to 2024. In the year 1997, he entered politics as aSarpanch.
Mohan Charan Majhi was born on 6 January 1972 in Raikala village ofKeonjhar district.[1][2] His father Gunaram Majhi worked as a peon in a Govt secondary school.[3] His family belongs to theSantaltribal community.[4][5] He did his schooling from Jhumpura High School in 1987 and completed his higher secondary from Anadapur College in 1990. He obtained abachelor of arts degree from Chandra Sekhar College,Champua and LLB fromDhenkanal Law College. He worked as ateacher (Guruji) atSaraswati Shishu Mandir in Jhumpura, part of a network of schools run byRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).[2][6] He is married to Priyanka Marandi.[7]
Majhi served as a village sarpanch of Raikala panchayat from 1997 till 2000.[8] He served as the secretary of the tribal wing of the state unit of theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1997.[1] Majhi was elected to theOdisha Legislative Assembly for the first time fromKeonjhar in2000.[9] He was re-elected in2004 and served as the deputy chief whip of the government from 2005 to 2009.[10][11] Majhi lost the assembly elections in2009 and2014, but won from the same constituency in2019. With the BJP becoming the principal opposition party, Majhi was appointed the party's chief whip.[12] He was also a member of standing committee of scheduled castes and tribes and the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee in the State from 2022 to 2024.[13][14]
On 10 October 2021, two crude bombs were hurled at Majhi's car near Mandua inKendujhar district. There was minor damage to his car while Majhi himself escaped without injuries.[15][16] In September 2023, Majhi was suspended from the Odisha assembly by then speakerPramila Mallik for throwing dal on her podium, while protesting against the alleged scam in procurement of various pulses by the government.[17][18]
In the2024 assembly elections, Majhi won the Keonjhar seat for the fourth time. The BJP secured a majority with 79 of 147 seats in the Odisha assembly, and Majhi was appointedChief Minister of Odisha on 11 June 2024.[19] He was sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister the following day, succeedingNaveen Patnaik, who had held the position since March 2000[20][21][22] and who had been the longest-serving Chief Minister in India. Majhi was the first person from theSantal tribe community and the third person oftribal origin, afterHemananda Biswal andGiridhar Gamang, to become Chief Minister of Odisha.[23]
| Year | Constituency | Votes | % | Result | Ref |
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| 2000 | Keonjhar | 51,449 | 59.08 | Won | [24] |
| 2004 | 46,146 | 40.14 | Won | [25] | |
| 2009 | 29,202 | 24.29 | Lost | [26] | |
| 2014 | 47,283 | 30.31 | Lost | [27] | |
| 2019 | 72,760 | 42.10 | Won | [28] | |
| 2024 | 87,815 | 47.05 | Won | [29] |
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| Preceded by | Chief Minister of Odisha 12 June 2024 | Incumbent |
| Orissa Province | |
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| Odisha (formerly Orissa) | |
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