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Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for fifth time

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Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for fifth time

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]BJD chief Naveen Patnaik today took oath as Odisha CM for the fifth time t the IDCO exhibition ground in Bhubaneswar. It is the first time Naveen Patnaik has taken oath in an open public ground. In 2000, 2004, 2009 and 2014, he was sworn in at the Raj Bhavan.

His team of ministers also administered the oath of the office.  Twenty ministers including 11 cabinet ministers and nine ministers of state were also administered the oath of office and secrecy.

The cabinet ministers are Ranendra Pratap Swain, Bikram Keshari Arukh, Prafulla Kumar Mallick, Niranjan Pujari, Padmanabh Behera, Pratap Jena, Arun Kumar Sahoo, Sudam Marndi, Susant Singh, Naba Kishore Das and Tukuni Sahu.

The ministers of state are Ashok Chandra Panda, Samir Ranjan Dash, Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Dibya Shankar Mishra, Premananda Nayak, Raghunandan Das, Padmini Dian, Tusharkanti Behera and Jagannath Saraka.

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Naveen Patnaik had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the swearing-in ceremony. PM Modi did not attend the function. However, he congratulated Naveen Patnaik on the swearing-in, promising cooperation from the Centre, “Congratulations to Naveen Patnaik ji on taking oath as Odisha’s chief minister. Best wishes to him and his team in fulfilling the people’s aspirations. 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