CM NAVEEN’S NEW TEAM :21 MINISTERS TOOK OATH, 12 NEW FACES, 5 WOMEN
(The Quiver):Odisha politics took a new as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik done a major reshuffle in his cabinet. Today all the newly appointed ministers took oath in the sworn in ceremony.
CM Naveen had asked all the 20 ministers to resign from their respective posts on Saturday. The reshuffle comes at a time when the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Government completed three years of its fifth term in office on May 29.
All 21 Ministers were sworn in at a special ceremony at Lok Seva Bhawan here today. Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Ministers–13 Cabinet Ministers and eight Minister of State.
As many as 12 new faces, including five women, have been inducted to Naveen’s new team. They are:
Nuapada MLA Rajendra Dholakia
Aul MLA Pratap Keshari Deb
Binjharpur MLA Pramila Mallik
Rairakhol MLA Rohit Pujari
Jaleswar MLA Aswini Kumar Patra
Mahakalpada MLA Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
Polasara MLA Srikanta Sahu
Chikiti MLA Usha Devi
Sukinda MLA Pritiranjan Ghadai
Bijepur MLA Rita Sahu
Boudh MLA Pradip Kumar Amat
Karanjia MLA Basanti Hembram
The Senior Ministers who became Cabinet Ministers
Jagannath Saraka , the two time MLA ,was first to take oath as cabinet minister.
Five time MLA and senior BJD Niranjan Pujari also took oath as cabinet minister.
Senior leader and Boudh MLA Pradeep Amat was also sworn-in as cabinet minister.
Here is the full list of new ministers in the new cabinet.
Cabinet Ministers:
Jagannath Saraka
Niranjan Pujari
Ranendra Pratap Swain
Pramila Mallick
Usha Devi
Prafulla Kumar Mallik
Pratap Keshari Deb
Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
Pradip Kumar Amat
Naba Kishore Das
Ashok Chandra Panda
Tukuni Sahu
Rajendra Dholakia
Ministers of State (Independent charge)
Samir Ranjan Dash
Aswini Kumar Patra
Pritiranjan Ghadai
Srikanta Sahu
Tusharkanti Behera
Rohit Pujari
Rita Sahu
Basanti Hembram
According to sources ,portfolios are likely to be be allotted to the new Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State (MoS) later in the day.
