Here’s full list of Naveen Patnaik govt’s new Council of Ministers

Sambad English Bureau Published On : May 28, 2019 at 11:16 PM Updated On : May 30, 2019 at 9:30 AM

Bhubaneswar: BJD President Naveen Patnaik, who steered the party to a landslide victory in the Assembly elections, has chosen his council of ministers, including 11 cabinet ministers who will take oath along with him at the Exhibition Ground here at 10.30 am tomorrow.

Governor Ganeshi Lal appointed 11 Cabinet Ministers and nine Ministers of State on the recommendations of the Chief Minister, an official communication issued by the Governor’s office said.

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Chief Minister:

Naveen Patnaik

Cabinet Ministers:

Ranendra Pratap Swain
Bikram Keshari Arukha
Prafulla Chandra Mallik
Niranjan Pujari
Padmanabha Behera
Pratap Jena
Arun Kumar Sahoo
Sudam Marandi
Susanta Singh
Naba Kishore Das
Tukuni Sahu

Ministers of State:

Ashok Chandra Panda
Samir Ranjan Das
Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi
Dibya Shankar Mishra
Premananda Nayak
Raghunandan Das
Padmini Dian
Tusharkanti Behera
Jagannath Saraka

Patnaik will take oath for a record fifth term as the Chief Minister of Odisha on Wednesday.

The BJD bagged 112 seats in the polls held for 146 constituencies in the 147-member Assembly.

BJD Naveen Patnaik