While BJD hopes to use Bikram Keshari Arukha’s organisational skills in Ganjam district, Sudam Marndi and Sarada Prasad Nayak’s re-entry expected to help party check BJP growth in Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh districts.
The minor reshuffle in Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik s cabinet comes after two ministers of Patnaik cabinet resigned and one minister was assassinated recently.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to reshuffle his Cabinet on Monday, said official sources. As per the sources, it will be a minor reshuffle in CM Patnaik's Council of Ministers before next year's Assembly and General Election.
The Cabinet reshuffle in Odisha has been necessitated following the resignation of the two ministers along with a vacant position after the assassination of Minister Naba Kishore Das.