The Odisha Cabinet led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is poised for a reshuffle on Monday with new ministers prone to get ministerial berths, officers stated. The oath-taking ceremony of the brand new ministers shall be held at 9.50 am on the Convention Centre of Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. However, as per the sources, it is going to be a minor reshuffle in CM Patnaik’s Council of Ministers earlier than subsequent 12 months’s Assembly and General Election.
The Cabinet reshuffle has been necessitated following the resignation of the 2 ministers. Apart from that yet another place is laying vacant after the assassination of Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das in January.
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Earlier within the month, Odisha Assembly Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha and two cupboard ministers resigned from their respective posts citing private causes, stated official sources. Soon after the Speaker despatched his resignation, two Cabinet Ministers specifically Samir Ranjan Sash and Srikant Sahu additionally resigned.
Samir Ranjan Sash was the Minister of State within the Ministry of School and Mass Education whereas Srikant Sahu dealt with the Ministry of Labour within the state. The sources added that the resigned leaders shall be given organizational duty in Biju Janta Dal (BJD) forward of General Election subsequent 12 months.
It is price mentioning that the newly elected MLA of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and daughter of slain Odisha Minister Naba Kishore Das, Deepali Das, took oath on May 15, the day of her late father’s birthday. She gained the Jharsuguda by-election after defeating BJP candidate Tankadhar Tripathy. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) fielded Deepali within the constituency of her father.
