Odisha governor Ganeshi Lal invites Naveen Patnaik to form govt after he stakes claim
PTI, May 26, 2019, 4:32 PM IST
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal has invited Naveen Patnaik to form the next government in the state after the BJD president staked claim on Sunday. The BJD won 112 of the 146 assembly seats in the recently concluded assembly polls.
Patnaik called on the Governor after he was elected as the leader of BJD’s legislature party for the fifth time in a row and furnished the list of 112 elected party MLAs, official sources said.
Patnaik, who led the party to an emphatic victory in the Odisha assembly elections, is scheduled to be sworn in as the chief minister for a record fifth consecutive term on May 29.
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