Bhubaneswar: The Odisha’s Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after winning Lok Sabha election going to take oath for fifth time along with his team on Wednesday. This time, his ministry will be mix of experienced and new faces, according to the BJP lawmakers.
We came to know from several BJP lawmakers that on Tuesday they received phone calls from Mr. Patnaik, informing them that they would be sworn-in as ministers again.
According to sources several senior leaders, who were ministers in previous government, they will be rein ducted into council of minister again. This list includes Ashok Chandra Panda, Pratap Jena, Sushant Singh, Bikram Keshari Arukh, Prafulla Mallick and Niranjan Pujari.
As per our sources, it is confirm that Sushant Singh received a phone call to take oath as minister on Wednesday. He was energy minister in previous government.
Fifth time in row Naveen Patnaik to take oath of Chief Minister post:
It is speculated that former minister Ranendra Pratap Swain and Padmanav Behera are also likely to join new team.
Tukuni Sahu, Padmini Dian, Sameer Dash, Naba Kishore Das, Dibyashankar Mishra, Jagannath Saraka, Jyotiprakash Mishra, Raghunandan Das and Tusharkanti Behera are those who are going to be first-time minister.
Ms Sahu told us that she received a phone call from Mr Patnaik about her induction in council of ministers.
As per sources former Minister Surya Narayan Patro will be nominated for Speaker’s post where as former minister Pramila Mallick will be appointed as government chief whip.
