Bhubaneswar: The new Council of Ministers of the Naveen Patnaik led Odisha government to take the oath of office tomorrow is likely to comprise 13 Cabinet Ministers and eight Ministers of State (Independent Charge).
According to official sources, Jagannath Saraka, Niranjan Pujari, Ranendra Pratap Swain, Pramila Mallick, Usha Devi, Prafulla Kumar Mallick, Pratap Keshari Deb, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Pradip Kumar Amat, Naba Kisore Das, Ashok Chandra Panda, Tukuni Sahu and Rajendra Dholakia have been informed over the phone from the CMO to remain present at the Convention Hall of the Lok Seba Bhawan to take the oath of office as Cabinet Ministers.
Similarly, Samir Ranjan Dash, Ashwini Kumar Patra, Pritiranjan Ghadei, Srikanta Sahu, Tusharkanti Behera, Rohit Pujari, Rita Sahu and Basanti Hembram have received phone calls to remain present at the Convention Hall of Lok Seba Bhawan to take the oath of office as Minister of State (Independent Charge), the sources added.
