Bhubaneswar: The fresh inductees in Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s council of Ministers took oath at the convention hall of Lok Seva Bhavan here on Sunday. Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed Ministers while Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra conducted the ceremony.
The MLAs who took oath as Minister today are:
Cabinet Ministers:
- Jagannath Saraka
- Niranjan Pujari
- Ranendra Pratap Swain
- Pramila Mallick
- Usha Devi
- Prafulla Mallick
- Pratap Keshari Deb
- Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
- Pradip Kumar Amat
- Naba Kisore Das
- Ashok Kumar Panda
- Tukuni Sahu
- Niranjan Pujari
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
- Samir Ranjan Dash
- Ashwini Patra
- Priti Ranjan Ghadei
- Srikant Sahoo
- Tusharkanti Behera
- Rohit Pujari
- Rita Sahu
- Basanti Hembrem