The newly appointed Odisha chief minister, Mohan Charan Majhi belongs to which tribe?

Mohan Charan Majhi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was sworn in as the chief minister of Odisha by the state Governor, Raghubar Das, in a ceremony at the Janata Maidan, Bhubaneswar.

He is the first BJP leader to become the chief minister of Odisha.

He is also the third tribal after Giridhar Gamang and Hemananda Biswal (both from the Congress party) to become the chief minister of Odisha.

Like President Droupadi Murmu, the 52-year-old Mohan Charan Majhi belongs to the Santhal tribe and is a four-time MLA.

He started his political career as a sarpanch from 1997-2000.

He represents the Keonjhar assembly constituency and was elected for the first time in 2000.

He was again re-elected from the same constituency in 2004, 2019 and 2024.