Bhubaneswar: BJP's Keonjhar MLA and tribal leader Mohan Charan Majhi will take oath as the new Chief Minister of Odisha at the Janata Maidan here, today.

The swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief Minister of Odisha and Council of Ministers will be held at around 5 PM.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with several top BJP leaders, will attend the event.

Police have made elaborate arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony as multi-layer security has been put in place at the Janata Maidan. As many as 67 platoons of police force will be deployed in view of the oath-taking ceremony.

Besides, two DIGs, 13 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), 18 Additional DCPs, 58 Assistant Commissioners of Police, 94 inspectors and 312 Sub inspector and ASI rank officers will be deployed for the mega event. Apart from this, three units of the Special Tactical Unit (STU), a dedicated urban warfare counter-terrorist force of Odisha Police, and an Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) team will be deployed at the event venue.

The Twin City Commissionerate Police said vehicles will not be allowed to ply from Jaydev Vihar Square to Nalco Square Road and Nalco Square to Jaydev Vihar and its connecting lanes/ by lanes on June 12 from 2 PM to 7 PM or till the end of the function, excluding the vehicles provided with pass.