Subhas Chandra Pattanayak In a system, where the ruling party members compete to exceed each other in loyalty to a particular family, staying in or going out of a cabinet berth does not merit any mention. Yet, the 28 October … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patanaik, in his continuous tenure, has thrown away as many as 24 ministers from his cabinet. Every time he jettisons a minister, the general public is made to understand that, that was necessary … Read more →
Three ministers of Orissa have been de facto dismissed. They are Damodar Raut, Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha and Pravin Chandra Bhanja Deo. On demand by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, they have tendered resignation. Raut was the minister in charge of … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak A Chief Minister has the prerogative to reshuffle his cabinet. Hence, when Orissa CM dropped today four of his cabinet colleagues and inducted six new Ministers, it looked like a normal democratic business. But it was not. … Read more →