The Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Orissa will be sworn-in on Thursday morning.
I have been invited to form the government by Governor M C Bhandare, Patnaik, who called on the governor at the Raj Bhawan on Wednesday, told reporters here.
The BJD chief, who held discussion with Bhandare for about 25 minutes, said that the swearing-in ceremony will take place at 1130 hrs.
However, sources in the party said that the oath-taking ceremony would take place at 11.36 AM that is considered as the auspicious time.
Patnaik will take oath along with his 20 ministerial colleagues.
As per the list, 11 would be accommodated as cabinet ministers and nine to be taken as minister of state.
As per the list, Prafulla Chandra Ghadei, AU Singhdeo, Damodar Rout, Raghunath Mohanty, Prasanna Acharya, Pramila Mallick, Debi Prasad Mishra, Prafulla Samal, Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, Bikarm Keshari Arukh and Surya Narayan Patra would be included as cabinet ministers.
Similarly, Sanjeeb Sahu, Badri Naryan Patra, Anjali Behera, Pratap Jena, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Prabin Chandra Bhanj Deo, Sarada Nayak, Puspendra Singhdeo and Ramesh Majhi will be taken as ministers of state while Pradip Aamat and Usha Devi would be appointed as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly respectively.
As decided, Pradip Maharathi would be the government chief whip.
However, any last moment changes can not be ruled out.
The BJD became the first regional party in the state to claim absolute majority winning 103 seats in the 147-member Assembly this time.
The party also won 14 of the 21 Lok Saba seats in the state.
Meanwhile, Raj Bhawan has made elaborate arrangement for the swearing-in ceremony that would be held in the open premises of Raj Bhawan and not confined to Abhisek Hall.
The police has intensified a security cordon around the Governor's House.
Around 6,000 people are expected to attend the ceremony.
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