Bhubaneswar: The stage is all set for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s new ministry to take oath today. The Oath taking ceremony will be held at the Convention Center of the Lok Sewa Bhawan at 11.45 AM today. Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal will administer the Oath of Office and Secrecy to the Ministers. The new look Ministry has thirteen Cabinet Ministers and eight Ministers of State. The Cabinet Ministers include 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 and Rajendra Dholakia.
The eight Ministers of State include Samir Ranjan Dash, Aswini Kumar Patra, Pritiranjan Ghadai, Srikanta Sahu, Tusharkanti Behera, Rohit Pujari, Rita Sahu and Basanti Hembram.
Senior leader of Biju Janata Dal and Bhanjanagar MLA Bikram Keshari Arukha is likely to be the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.
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