Odisha cabinet reshuffle: Three new ministers sworn in, Arukha will get finance
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BHUBANESWAR: Three new ministers have been inducted into Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s cabinet. Governor Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office to the three earlier on the convention centre of the Lok Seva Bhavan proper right here on Monday.
Senior BJD chief and former Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha could be the brand new finance minister whereas Sudam Marndi has been entrusted with the school and mass coaching portfolio. Former minister Sarada Nayak has been given the labour portfolio.
Odisha cabinet reshuffle | Bikram Keshari Arukha, Sudam Marndi and Sarada Prashad Nayak take oath as ministers throughout the state cabinet. pic.twitter.com/V8G0tatOfB
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Earlier, the finance portfolio was with Niranjan Pujari. He was given additional value of the nicely being portfolio after the lack of lifetime of Naba Kishore Das. Pujari will now have nicely being and parliamentary affairs portfolios with him.
School and mass coaching and labour portfolios had fallen vacant after the resignation of Samir Mohanty and Srikant Sahu from their posts. Marndi and Nayak have now stuffed up the vacancies respectively.
This is Naveen’s second Cabinet reshuffle in his fifth time interval as a result of the chief minister of the state and probably the ultimate sooner than the 2024 twin polls. With the induction of these former ministers, the number of ministers in Odisha’s Council of Ministers has gone as a lot as 22. The BJD hopes to strengthen its base in Ganjam, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh districts.
However, a name is however to be taken on the next Speaker. Though speculation is rife {{that a}} senior woman legislator shall be given the put up for the first time throughout the historic previous of the state, the names of quite a lot of senior leaders of the BJD along with Prafulla Samal, Debi Prasad Mishra, Amar Prasad Satpathy and Badri Narayan Patra are moreover doing the rounds for the put up of Speaker.
BHUBANESWAR: Three new ministers have been inducted into Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s cabinet. Governor Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office to the three earlier on the convention centre of the Lok Seva Bhavan proper right here on Monday.
Senior BJD chief and former Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha could be the brand new finance minister whereas Sudam Marndi has been entrusted with the school and mass coaching portfolio. Former minister Sarada Nayak has been given the labour portfolio.
Odisha cabinet reshuffle | Bikram Keshari Arukha, Sudam Marndi and Sarada Prashad Nayak take oath as ministers throughout the state cabinet. pic.twitter.com/V8G0tatOfBgoogletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
— ANI (@ANI) May 22, 2023
Earlier, the finance portfolio was with Niranjan Pujari. He was given additional value of the nicely being portfolio after the lack of lifetime of Naba Kishore Das. Pujari will now have nicely being and parliamentary affairs portfolios with him.
School and mass coaching and labour portfolios had fallen vacant after the resignation of Samir Mohanty and Srikant Sahu from their posts. Marndi and Nayak have now stuffed up the vacancies respectively.
This is Naveen’s second Cabinet reshuffle in his fifth time interval as a result of the chief minister of the state and probably the ultimate sooner than the 2024 twin polls. With the induction of these former ministers, the number of ministers in Odisha’s Council of Ministers has gone as a lot as 22. The BJD hopes to strengthen its base in Ganjam, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh districts.
However, a name is however to be taken on the next Speaker. Though speculation is rife {{that a}} senior woman legislator shall be given the put up for the first time throughout the historic previous of the state, the names of quite a lot of senior leaders of the BJD along with Prafulla Samal, Debi Prasad Mishra, Amar Prasad Satpathy and Badri Narayan Patra are moreover doing the rounds for the put up of Speaker.
