Bhubaneswar, June 11: Odisha CM-designate Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday met Governor Raghubar Das at Raj Bhavan here and staked claim to form the government.

Majhi, a four-time MLA from Keonjhar, was elected as the Leader of BJP Legislative Party in Odisha this evening. He will be the next Chief Minister of the State.

KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida were announced as Deputy Chief Ministers of Odisha.

The decision was announced by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after the meeting of the party's newly-elected MLAs here.

52-year-old Majhi won the Keonjhar Assembly seat in the just concluded Odisha assembly elections, defeating Biju Janata Dal's Mina Majhi by 11,577 votes.

The BJP got a majority in the 147-member House by winning 78 assembly seats, ending Naveen Patnaik's 24-year tenure as Chief Minister.