Amid the major Modi wave across the country where many ups and down were feel during the election, it is BJD president Naveen Patnaik who was sworn-in as Odisha chief minister for the fourth straight term. Apart from him, total twenty one ministers including 11 cabinet ministers also took oath with him.
All they took oath from Governor S.C. Jamir who administered the oath of office and secrecy.
Patnaik took the oath in English while party workers raised slogans in his favour outside the premises.
The cabinet ministers include Damodar Rout, Debi Prasad Mishra, Pradip Kumar Amat, Bijayshree Routray, Badri Narayan Patra, Bikram Keshari Arukh, Lal Behari Himirika, Pradip Maharathi, Usha Devi, Puspendra Singhdeo and Yogendra Behera.
The ten ministers of state are Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Arun Kumar Sahu, Ashok Kumar Panda, Sanjay Dasburma, Sudam Marandi, Pradip Panigrahi, Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Prafulla Mallick, Pranab Prakash Das and Snehangini Chhuria.
Five leaders who were part of Patnaik's previous team were denied berths in the ministry. They are Surya Narayan Patro, Maheswar Mohanty, Niranjan Pujari, Rajanikant Singh and Subrat Tarai.
(With inputs from IANS)
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