Navin Govt. reshuffled : Inducted 10, five first timers
Bhubaneswar,(8th May): Odisha Chief Minister Navin Pattnaik reshuffled his government with inducting Ten new Ministers in his team, dropping equal number of ministers one day before the reshuffle. The oath taking ceremony held at Avisekh Hall of Governor House (Raj Bhavan), Bhubaneswar in the morning of Sunday. While Chief Minister Pattnaik claims that, the reshuffle is for the betterment of Odisha, Opposition criticises the reshuffle branding it as a facelift of the Govt. in the backdrop of the poor performance of the party in February Panchayat Elections. Navin Pattnaik inducted five old faces and five first timers in his new team in which Western Odisha got only one berth in the Cabinet. The Ex-Speaker Niranjan Pujari of Sonpur District inducted as the cabinet Minister with three important Portfolios, Industry, Housing and Urban Development. Pujari was the first man resigned from the post of Speaker on Saturday to facilitate the reshuffle.
The five first time Ministers in 21 member new team of Navin are Sashi Bhusan Behera (Cabinate,Finance and Excise), Minister of State (IndependentCharges) Dr.Nursingha Charan Sahu (Commerce and Transport), Minister of State (IndependentCharges) Susanta singh (Labour and ESI), Minister of State (IndependentCharges) Ananta Das (Higher Education) and Minister of State (IndependentCharges) Chandra Sarathi Behera ( IT, Sports and Youth Affairs).The veterans, who entered in to the ministry are Surya Narayan Patra ( Cabinet,Food and Civil Supply, Co-operation), Maheswar Mohanty (Cabinet,Revenue) Prafulla Samal( Cabinet,Women and Child development, Social Security,MSME) and Pratap Jena (Cabinet, Health, Family Welfare and Law)and Niranjan Pujari (Cabinet Minister). Some changes also made in the portfolios while reshuffling the Government.Chief Minister Navin Pattnaik Himself kept Home, General Administration, Public Works,Irrigation and Public grievances. other portfolios assigned to – Cabinet minister Bijayashree Routray -Forest and Environment, Dr.Damodar Rout -(Cabinet Minister) Agriculture, Fishery and Animal Resources and Public Enterprises, Bikram Kesari Arukha -(Cabinet Minister) Rural Development, Parliamentay Affairs, Information and Public Relations, Pradip Maharathy – (Cabinet Minister) Panchayati Raj and Drinking water, Mrs Usha Devi – (Cabinet Minister) Planning and coordination,Skill Development and Technology, Badri Narayan Patra -(Cabinet Minister) Mass Education, Science and Technology, Ramesh Majhi – (Cabinet Minister) SC/ST and Backward class Welfare, Prafulla Mallik- (Cabinet Minister)Energy,steel and Mines, Minister Of State (IndependentCharges) Ashok Panda-Tourism and Culture, Minister of State((IndependentCharges)) Mrs.Snehangini Churia – Handloom and Handicraft.
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