Eye on 2024 Polls, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Reshuffles Cabinet; New Team Looks at Region, Youth
News 18Ahead of the 2024 general elections, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday revamped his cabinet, inducting 13 MLAs into the cabinet and appointing eight others as ministers of state. THE NEW CABINET The cabinet ministers included Jagannath Saraka ; Niranjan Pujari ; Ranendra Pratap Swain ; Pramila Mallick ; Usha Devi ; Prafulla Kumar Mallick ; and Pratap Keshari Deb. THE MoS The MoS are Samir Ranjan ; Aswini Kumar Patra ; Priti Ranjan Ghadei ; Srikant Sahu ; Tusharkanti Behera ; Rohit Pujari ; Rita Sahu ; Basanti Hembram. Seven first-time ministers have been inducted — Aswini Patra from Baleswar, Priti Ranjan Ghadei from Jajpur, Srikant Sahu from Ganjam, Rita Sahu, Rajendra Dholkiam, Basanti Hembram and Rohit Pujari. Ranendra Pratap Swain, Jagnnath Saraka, Niranjan Pujari, Prafulla Mallick, Naba Kishore Das, Tukuni Sahu, Ashok Chandra Panda, Samir Ranjan Dash and Tusharkanti Behera will continue in the Cabinet.