Union ministers from Odisha at Delhi Jagannath Temple after oath

Sambad English Bureau Published On : May 31, 2019 at 11:45 AM

New Delhi: The newly inducted ministers from Odisha in Prime Minister Narendra Modi team at Centre today visited Lord Jagannath temple in New Delhi hours after taking the oath.

Accompanied with former bureaucrat Aparajita Sarangi, who is the first-time MP from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Constituency, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi were spotted at the temple at Hauz Khas in the morning.

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They offered prayer at the temple seeking blessing from the deities.

Both Pradhan and Sarangi got ministerial berth in Team Modi 2.0, which took oath of office and secrecy at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi yesterday evening.

While Rajya Sabha MP Pradhan was sworn-in as the cabinet minister in Modi’s new team, the newly elected MP Pratap Sarangi from Balasore parliamentary constituency was picked by PM Modi as the MoS.