In Odisha (Odisha) The cabinet will be reshuffled. The news agency ANI has given this information quoting official sources. Sources said that all the ministers of the state cabinet have resigned. The new ministers will be sworn in tomorrow, Sunday at 12 noon. The ruling second Janata Dal (BJD) It completed three years of its fifth term on May 29, 2022. In such a situation, there was hope for a reshuffle in the cabinet and now all the ministers of the state who are moving in this direction have resigned. Lok Sabha to be held in 2024 for resignation of ministers Election The first is being seen as an exercise in strengthening and reviving the party.
According to sources, all the 20 ministers in the state government have tendered their resignations to the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The new cabinet ministers will be sworn in at 12 noon on Sunday in the convention hall of the Raj Bhavan, sources said. The market for discussions is hot that Pradeep Amat and Latika Pradhan may be given ministerial posts.
Sources have given this information. There are two years left in the Lok Sabha elections and voting for this is to take place in 2024. At the same time, Odisha Assembly elections are in 2024. In such a situation, the party has already begun to strengthen itself and establish its dominance among the people. Due to which the cabinet has been reshuffled.
Controversial ministers will not get ministerial posts again
It may be mentioned that BJD has won a landslide victory in the Brajrajnagar by-election and three years of the fifth term of Naveen Patnaik government have also come to an end. Rumors of a cabinet reshuffle have been circulating ever since. The BJD had fielded about a dozen ministers and more than 25 MLAs in Brajrajnagar to campaign for the party’s candidate Alka Mohanty. The leaders worked hard for the victory of the party in this seat. He was well aware that the party could make him a part of the cabinet considering his work during the reshuffle.
On the other hand, ministers who are embroiled in controversy and tarnish the image of the state government can be shown the way out. According to sources, on the orders of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Speaker Surya Narayan Patro, Commerce and Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera, Information and Public Relations Minister Raghunandan Das, Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Malik and Skills Development and Technical Education Minister Premanand Naik have resigned.