Former CM Naveen Patnaik's gesture of camaraderie at the swearing-in ceremony of new CM Mohan Charan Majhi catches attention as he interacts with Prime Minister Modi and other ministers. Read more about the political dynamics in Odisha.
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Twenty-eight ministers in the third Narendra Modi government have criminal cases against them with 19 of them facing serious charges such as attempted murder, crimes against women and hate speech, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) said.
India News: Odisha saw the swearing-in of Mohan Charan Majhi as the first BJP CM, ending Naveen Patnaik's 24-year rule. PM Modi and Naveen were present at the eve
Besides big four, PM s core team of ministers have also retained their portfolios. Nitin Gadkari (road transport and highways), Piyush Goyal (commerce and industry), Dharmendra Pradhan (education), Sarbananda Sonowal (ports, shipping and waterways), Virendra Kumar (social justice and empowerment), Ashwini Vaishnaw (railways, electronics and information technology), Hardeep Puri (petroleum and natural gas) and Bhupender Yadav (environment, forest and climate change) will continue running the ministries they were handling in the last five years. Some of them have shed additional portfolios that were allocated when others left the council of ministers in the past.