Tribune News Service
Bhubaneswar, June 4
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Saturday requested all ministers to resign from the council of ministers ahead of a reshuffle on June 5, a high official mentioned. Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, who’s on a go to to Puri, has been knowledgeable concerning the programme, which shall be held on the state secretariat, the Lok Seva Bhavan. “The new ministers will take oath at 11.45 am at a function on Sunday,” mentioned a extremely positioned supply within the Raj Bhavan.
Sources within the CM’s Office mentioned that the ministers had began placing of their papers. This would be the first reshuffle within the three-year-old ministry. The course of wants to be accomplished by Monday because the Governor is scheduled to go exterior Odisha after two days. Patnaik can also be scheduled to go to Rome and Dubai from June 20 and he needs to revamp the Cabinet earlier than his departure, the sources mentioned.
The reshuffle train started a day after the BJD gained three Rajya Sabha seats and the by-poll within the Brajrajnagar constituency.