Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as Odisha CM for 5th term

Update: 2019-05-29 11:32 IST

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.

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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.

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