Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik expands his cabinet

The Odisha cabinet led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is poised for the reshuffle. As per sources, new ministers have been inducted into the Odisha cabinet on Monday, with Governor Ganeshi Lal scheduled to administer the oath to them at a ceremony. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Convention Centre of Lok Seva Bhavan […]

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The Odisha cabinet led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is poised for the reshuffle. As per sources, new ministers have been inducted into the Odisha cabinet on Monday, with Governor Ganeshi Lal scheduled to administer the oath to them at a ceremony. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Convention Centre of Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneshwar.

According to the information, Bhanjanagar MLA Bikram Keshari Arukha, who resigned as the speaker of the assembly last week, and Rourkela MLA Sarada Prasad Nayak and Bangiriposi legislator Sudam Marandi will be inducted into the cabinet.

The reshuffle in the cabinet reshuffle was necessary following the resignation of the two ministers. After Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das was killed in January, another seat was left empty. Samir Ranjan Dash, the minister of schools and mass education, and Srikant Sahu, the minister of labour, resigned last week. Additionally, no replacement was named for the killed health minister Naba Kishore Das in January.

Odisha’s cabinet, which includes the chief minister, has a maximum of 22 members but only has 19 at the moment. Pramila Mallick, the minister of revenue, was given additional responsibility for the departments of labour, schools, and general education. Niranjan Pujari, the finance minister, had already been assigned additional responsibility for the Department of health and Welfare for families.