Ramakanta Biswas

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik carried out a major revamp of his cabinet on Saturday by asking all the 20 ministers to resign from their respective posts. 

In the revamped cabinet, as many as 13 MLAs have reportedly been given cabinet ministerial berths while eight MLAs have been given the minister of state portfolios. 

Live Updates: Naveen’s revamped cabinet: Full list of new ministers and their portfolios

Jagannath Saraka is the first to take oath as cabinet minister. The two-time MLA has been promoted as cabinet minister.

Five time MLA and senior BJD Niranjan Pujari also took oath as cabinet minister.  Apart from Pujari, Athagarh MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain, former govt chief whip Pramila Mallik, Chikiti MLA Usha Devi , Aul MLA Pratap Deb, Prafulla Mallick, Mahakalpada MLA Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak also took oath as cabinet ministers. Nayak has returned in the Naveen cabinet after 8 years.

Senior leader and Boudh MLA Pradeep Amat was also sworn-in as cabinet minister. Jharsuguda MLA and former state health minister Naba Das also took oath as a cabinet minister.

Bhubaneswar MLA Ashok Chandra Panda been promoted to cabinet this time.Titlagath MLA Tukuni Sahu also secured a berth in the Naveen cabinet as minister. Three-time MLA from Nuapada Rajendra Dholakia also took as a cabinet minister.

Nimapara MLA Samir Ranjan Dash, who held the school and mass education department portfolio, took oath as Minister of State (Independent Charge).

Others who took oath as Ministers of State (Independent Charge) include- Jaleswar MLA Aswini Patra, Pritiranjan Gharai, Polsara MLA Srikanta Sahoo, Kakatpur MLA Tusharkanti Behera, Rairakhol MLA Rohit Pujari, Bijepur MLA Rita Sahu and Karanjia MLA Basanti Hembram . 

Here is the full list of new ministers in the new cabinet.

Cabinet Ministers:

Jagannath Saraka

Niranjan Pujari

Ranendra Pratap Swain

Pramila Mallick

Usha Devi

Prafulla Kumar Mallik 

Pratap Keshari Deb

Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak

Pradip Kumar Amat

Naba Kishore Das

Ashok Chandra Panda

Tukuni Sahu

Rajendra Dholakia

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

Samir Ranjan Dash 

Aswini Kumar Patra

Pritiranjan Ghadai

Srikanta Sahu

Tusharkanti Behera

Rohit Pujari

Rita Sahu

Basanti Hembram 

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