Bhubaneswar: Twenty-one ministers are likely to be sworn in on Sunday as part of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s ‘Nabakalebara’. Thirteen new ministers are likely to be of Cabinet rank, while eight are likely to be Ministers of State (MoS). Seven new faces are likely, while 10 ministers are likely to be dropped. Bhanjanagar MLA Bikram Keshari Arukh will likely be the new Speaker. Here’s the full list of probables:
Likely Speaker
>> Bikram Keshari Arukh, outgoing minister and Bhanjanagar MLA
Likely Chief Whip
>> Prashant Muduli, Jagatsinghpur MLA
Likely Deputy Chief Whip
>> Saroj Meher, Patnagarh legislator
Likely Cabinet Ministers
>> Jagannath Saraka
>> Niranjan Pujari
>> Ranendra Pratap Swain
>> Pramila Mallick
>> Usha Devi
>> Prafulla Mallick
>> Pratap Keshari Deb
>> Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
>> Pradip Amat
>> Nabakishore Das
>> Ashok Chandra Panda
>> Tukuni Sahu
>> Rajendra Dholakia
Likely Ministers of State (Independence charge)
>> Samir Ranjan Dash
>> Ashwini Kumar Patra
>> Pritiranjan Ghadai
>> Srikanta Sahu
>> Tusharkanti Behera
>> Rohit Pujari
>> Rita Sahu
>> Basanti Hembram
Likely new faces
>> Ashwini Patra
>> Rita Sahu
>> Pritiranjan Ghadai
>> Rohit Pujari
>> Rajendra Dholakia
>> Basanti Hembram
>> Srikant Sahu
Likely to be recalled
>> Pramila Mallick
>> Usha Devi
>> Pratap Keshari Deb
>> Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
Likely to be dropped
>> Padmanava Behera
>> Pratap Jena
>> Arun Sahoo
>> Sushant Singh
>> Sudam Marndi
>> Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi
>> Dibyashankar Mishra
>> Premananda Nayak
>> Raghunandan Das
>> Padmini Diyan
