Key Points
After Assembly speaker and two state ministers resigned amid speculations of a Cabinet reshuffle, the Odisha government led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will have a cabinet rejig on Monday.. The oath-taking ceremony of the new ministers for three vacancies in the state Cabinet will be held at 9:50 am at the Convention Centre of Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneswar...
Bikran Keshari Arukha, who cited personal reasons for his sudden resignation from speaker post, is a senior leader of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD)...
The Odishas Council of Ministers can have 22 ministers, including the chief minister, but has 19 ministers at present.. Prafulla Samal, Debi Prasad Mishra, Amar Prasad Satpathy and Badri Narayan Patra are frontrunners for the speakers post...
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