Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik was sworn-in as Odisha chief minister for the fourth straight term here Wednesday. Twenty one ministers including 11 cabinet ministers also took oath with him.
Governor S.C. Jamir administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 67-year-old leader and other ministers at a ceremony attended by hundreds of party leaders, workers, officials and journalists at the Raj Bhavan in the state capital Bhubaneswar.
Patnaik took the oath in English while party workers raised slogans in his favour outside the premises.