By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday picked three senior BJD MLAs for their re-induction in his Cabinet. CM Patnaik has selected Bikram Keshari Arukha, Sarada Prasad Nayak and Sudam Marndi for their induction in the Cabinet. All the 3 were earlier served in the Cabinet.
Marandi, Arukha and Nayak will take oath on Monday, 9.50 AM at the Convention Centre in Lok Sabha Bhawan. The Odisha Council of Ministers can have 22 Ministers including the Chief Minister but now has 19 Ministers. So, three Ministers will take oath tomorrow. Speculation of Jharsuguda MLA Deepali Das’s entry , faced a stop for now.
However, who will be the next Speaker of the State Assembly has not yet been cleared. The probable names for Speaker’s posts making the rounds are: Prafulla Samal, Debi Prasad Mishra, Amar Prasad Satpathy and Badri Narayan Patra.
