Team Orissa In Newly Elected Govt at Delhi

Dr. Manmohan Singh has been sworn-in as the Prime Minister of India for a second time in a row. He along with his 19 Cabinet Ministers took oath at the Ashoka Hall, Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening. Dr. Singh included only the old war horses into the Cabinet, ignoring some of the key states such as Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa and Uttarakhand. As a bigger Cabinet expansion is scheduled for next week, Orissa expects at least two ministers from the state.

In Orissa, the Congress lost the Assebly elections to Naveen Patnaik wave. But the party did reasonably well, by winning 6 Lok Sabha seats, as compared to just 2 won in 2004. Heavyweight leaders like Bhakta Charan Das, Srikant Jena, Hemananda Biswal and Amarnath Pradhan won the elections this time.

Bhakta Charan Das, who won by a landslide margin from Kalahandi this time, is the most deserving candidate from Orissa to get a Cabinet Minister berth. Bhakta has already served as Railway Minister at the Centre. His long experience, able administration and clean image, may help him win Dr. Manmohan Singh's trust. Kalahandi is the most backward district in Orissa and probably in the country. A Minister from this region, may help the Congress to gain further ground in the state.

Former Union Minister Srikant Jena, who defied all odds within his own party and the BJD wave in coastal areas to emerge victorious from the Balasore Lok Sabha seat, is also a front runner to get a Ministerial berth.

Former Orissa CM Hemananda Biswal, who beat former Union Minister and State BJP President Juel Oram in Sudargarh, is not far behind. He also enjoyed the tribal status, which may work in his favour.

Indian Youth Congress Secretary Pradeep Kumar Majhi, who won from Nabarangpur Parliamentary constituency, also stands a chance because of his youth, clean image, charismatic personality and leadership qualities. Even though he is a first time MP, his achievements as the Zilla Parishad President and Indian Youth Congress Secretary, may win him at least a MoS berth. He is also a tribal leader.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh must allocate at least two Ministerial berths to Orissa so that the state gets it due representation. The Congress should think about its long term prospects in the state. Only such people should be chosen as Ministers, who can take the party to the next level in the state.

List of Ministers in the Newly Formed Govt. in Orissa

Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Orissa allocated the portfolios to his 20 newly-appointed Ministers on Thursday. While Mr. Patnaik retained key portfolios like Home, General Administration, Water esources, Forest & Environment and Works, Prafulla Ghadei was given the charge of Finance and Excise. Damodar Rout has been given the portfolios of Agriculture, Cooperation, Fisheries, and Animal Resources.

Former Agriculture Minister Surendra Nath Nayak was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission. He will enjoy the rank of a Cabinet Minister.

CABINET MINISTERS:

Naveen Patnaik - Home, General Administration, Water Resources, Forest & Environment, and Works
Anang Uday Singhdeo - Planning & Coordination, Public Enterprises
Prafulla Ghadei - Finance, Excise
Damodar Rout - Agriculture, Cooperation, Fisheries, Animal Resources
Raghunath Mohanty - Industry, Mines, Steel and Parliamentary Affairs
Pramila Mallik - Women & Child Development
Debi Prasad Mishra - Higher Education, Tourism, Culture
Prasanna Acharya - Health & Welfare, Pension and Public Grievances
Surya Narayan Patra - Revenue & Disaster Management
Prafulla Samal - Panachayatiraj, Information & Public Relations
Bikram Keshari Arukh - Rural Development, Law
Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha - Schedule Tribe, Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes Development

STATE MINISTERS:

Sanjeeb Sahu - Commerce, Transport
Sarada Nayak - Food Supplies, Consumer Welfare
Badri Narayan Patra - Housing, Urban Development
Pushpendra Singhdeo - Labour & Employment
Ramesh Chandra Majhi - Science & Technology, IT
Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak - Power
Anjali Behera - Textile & Handloom
Pratap Jena - School & Mass Education
Pravin Chandra Bhanja Deo - Sports & Youth Affairs

5 Oriya hockey players selected for Junior World Cup

Its a good news for hockey fan and sports lover that five Oriya hockey players have been selected in the national junior hockey team for the fourth coming FIH Junior World Cup Hockey tournament to be jointly held at Singapore and Malaysia from June 7 to June 21.Full backs Innocent Kulu and Manjit Kulu, midfielders Birendra Lakra, Amardip Akka and Belshajar Hore have been selected in the national team. As many as 20 teams in four groups will participate in the tournament. India will meet the host Singapore in its first encounter on June 8.

New Ministry to takeOath on Thursday

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.

Orissa News

New faces to dominate new House in orissa

New faces are set to dominate the state Assembly as about half of the newly elected legislators would be stepping into the 147-member House for the first time.

At least 72 new MLAs are making their maiden entry in the Assembly though some of them had earlier fought electoral battles unsuccessfully.

The maximum number of 49 first timers belong to the ruling BJD, led by chief minister Naveen Patnaik.

The regional party swept the polls posting a landslide victory by grabbing a lion's share of 103 seats in the Assembly.

The Opposition Congress, the strength of which dwindled to 27 this time from 38 in 2004, would send at least 14 new faces.

Similarly, BJP that contested the elections alone after the collapse of its eleven-year-long alliance with Naveen Patnaik-led BJD and saw only six of its candidates victorious would have three newcomers in the 14th Assembly.

The lone CPI MLA, Adikanda Sethi, who has won from Chhatrapur constituency, has also tasted his first electoral victory in Assembly elections after the Left party entered into a seat-sharing arrangement with BJD.

Oriya Woman starts off Mission Mt Everest

Kalpana Dash, the adventurous lady from Dhenkanal whom the mountains and forests always lured and who had a childhood dream of conquering the World's highest peak, started off on her
renewed attempt to scale Mount Everest after being given a warm send off by Governor Rameswar Thakur, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other sports lovers in the Governor House. After the flag off ceremony in Raj Bhawan, Dash went straight to the Jagannath Mandir in Puri to seek Lord's blessing before leaving for Nepal. It will be Dash's second attempt to conquer Everest. In 2004, she could not make it to the top after climbing 7300 metres when she had to withdraw due to frost bite with the summit barely 1500 metres away. Last year was as miserable as the year before as she could not generate the requisite fund for the expedition though people of Dhenkanal,her home district, had organised a sponsorship campaign for her. However failure could not deter her and she has arranged about Rs 16 lakhs out of the total Rs 30 lakhs to be submitted at the end of her expedition and has urged people to donate for her cause.This time, many corporates have come forward with sponsorships and with well wishes from all, it is hoped that she will achieve grand success.

GOOD LUCK KALPANA

Orissa Assembly Election 2009 : Winning Candidate

No & Name of Assembly-	Names	Party
1- Padampur	Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha	BJD
2- Bijepur	Subal Sahu	Congress (I)
3- Bargarh	Sadhu Nepak	Congress (I)
4- Attabira (sc)	Nihar Ranjan Mahananda	Congress (I)
5- Bhatli	Susanta Singh	BJD
6- Brajarajnagar	Anup Kumar Sai	Congress (I)
7- Jharsuguda	Naba Kishore Das	Congress (I)
8- Talsara (st)	Dr. Prafulla Majhi	Congress (I)
9- Sundargarh (st)	Jogesh Kumar Singh	Congress (I)
10- Biramitrapur (st)	George Tirkey	Independent
11- Raghunathpali (sc)	Subrat Tarai	BJD
12- Rourkela	Sarada Prasad Nayak	BJD
13- Rajgangpur (st)	Gregory Minz	Congress (I)
14- Bonai (st)	Bhimsen Choudhury	BJP
15- Kuchinda (st)	Rajendra Kumar Chhatria	Congress (I)
16- Rengali (sc)	Duryodhan Gardia	Congress (I)
17- Sambalpur	Jayanarayan Mishra	BJP
18- Rairakhol	Prasanna Acharya	BJD
19- Deogarh	Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan	BJD
20- Telkoi (st)	Premananda Nayak	BJD
21- Ghasipura	Badrinarayan Patra	BJD
22- Anandapur (sc)	Bhagirathi Sethy	BJD
23- Patna (st)	Hrusikesh Naik	BJD
24- Keonjhar (st)	Subarna Naik	BJD
25- Champua	Jitu Patnaik	Independent
26- Jashipur (st)	Kamala Kanta Nayak	BJD
27- Saraskana (st)	Rama Chandra Hansdah	NCP
28- Rairangpur (st)	Shyam Charan Hansdah	Congress (I)
29- Bangriposi (st)	Sarojini Hembram	BJD
30- Karanjia (st)	Bijay Kumar Naik	BJD
31- Udala (st)	Shrinath Soren	BJD
32- Badasahi (sc)	Manoranjan Sethi	BJD
33- Baripada (st)	Sananda Marndi	BJD
34- Morada	Praveen Chandra Bhanj Deo	BJD
35- Jaleswar	Debiprasanna Chand	Congress (I)
36- Bhograi	Ananta Das	BJD
37- Basta	Raghunath Mohanty	BJD
38- Balasore	Jiban Pradip Dash	BJD
39- Remuna (sc)	Sudarshan Jena	BJD
40- Nilgiri	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	Independent
41- Soro (sc)	Surendra Prasad Pramanik	Congress (I)
42- Simulia	Parsuram Panigrahi	BJD
43- Bhandaripokhari	Prafulla Samal	BJD
44- Bhadrak	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik	BJD
45- Basudevpur	Bijayshree Routray	BJD
46- Dhamnagar (sc)	Rajendra Kumar Das	BJD
47- Chandabali	Bijaya Nayak	BJD
48- Binjharpur (sc)	Pramila Mallik	BJD
49- Bari	Debasis Nayak	BJD
50- Barachana	Amar Prasad Satpathy	NCP
51- Dharmasala	Kalpataru Das	BJD
52- Jajpur	Pranab Prakash Das	BJD
53- Korei	Pritiranjan Gharai	BJD
54- Sukinda	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai	BJD
55- Dhenkanal	Nabin Nanda	NCP
56- Hindol (sc)	Anjali Behera	BJD
57- Kamakhyanagar	Prafulla Kumar Mallik	BJD
58- Parjanga	Dr. Nrusingha Sahu	BJD
59- Pallahara	Rabi Narayan Pani	BJD
60- Talcher	Braja Kishore Pradhan	Independent
61- Angul	Rajani Kant Singh	BJD
62- Chhendipada (sc)	Khageswar Behera	BJD
63- Athamallik	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo	BJD
64- Birmaharajpur(sc)	Padmanabh Behera	BJD
65- Sonepur	Niranjan Pujari	BJD
66- Loisingha (sc)	Ramakanta Seth	BJD
67- Patnagarh	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	BJP
68- Bolangir	Anang Uday Singh Deo	BJD
69- Titlagarh	Surendra Singh Bhoi	Congress (I)
70- Kantabanji	Santosh Singh Saluja	Congress (I)
71- Nuapada	Rajendra Dholakia	BJD
72- Khariar	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti	BJP
73- Umerkote (st)	Jagabandhu Majhi	BJD
74- Jharigam (st)	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	BJD
75- Nabarangpur (st)	Manohar Randhari	BJD
76- Dabugam (st)	Bhujabal Majhi	Congress (I)
77- Lanjigarh (st)	Shibaji Majhi	Congress (I)
78- Junagarh	Gobardhan Dash	Congress (I)
79- Dharmgarh	Puspendra Singh Deo	BJD
80- Bhawanipatna (sc)	Dusmanta Naik	Congress (I)
81- Narla	Bhupinder Singh	Congress (I)
82- Baliguda (st)	Karendra Majhi	BJP
83- G. Udayagiri (st)	Manoj Kumar Pradhan	BJP
84- Phulbani (st)	Debendra Kanhar	BJD
85- Kantamal	Bhagaban Kanhar	BJD
86- Boudh	Pradip Kumar Amat	BJD
87- Baramba	Debiprasad Mishra	BJD
88- Banki	Pravata Kumar Tripathy	BJD
89- Athagarh	Ramesh Rout	Independent
90- Barabati-CTC	Debashish Samantaray	BJD
91- Choudwar-CTC	Pravat Ranjan Biswal	BJD
92- Niali (sc)	Pramod Kumar Mallick	BJD
93- Cuttack Sadar (sc)	Kalindi Behera	BJD
94- Salipur	Chandra Sarathi Behera	BJD
95- Mahanga	Pratap Jena	BJD
96- Patkura	Bed Prakash Agarawalla	BJD
97- Kendrapara (sc)	Sipra Mallick	BJD
98- Aul	Pratap Keshari Deb	BJD
99- Rajanagar	Alekh Kumar Jena	BJD
100- Mahakalapada	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	BJD
101- Paradeep	Damodara Rout	BJD
102- Tirtol (sc)	Rabindranath Bhoi	BJD
103- Balikuda_Erasama	Prasanta Kumar Muduli	BJD
104- Jagatsinghpur	Bishnu Charan Das	BJD
105- Kakatpur (sc)	Rabi Mallick	BJD
106- Nimapara	Samir Ranjan Dash	BJD
107- Puri	Maheswar Mohanty	BJD
108- Brahmagiri	Sanjay Kumar Das Burma	BJD
109- Satyabadi	Prasad Kumar Harichandan	Congress (I)
110- Pipili	Pradeep Maharathy	BJD
111- Jayadev (sc)	Arabinda Dhali	BJD
112- Bbsr Central	Bijaya Kumar Mohanty	BJD
113- Bbsr North	Bhagirathi Badajena	BJD
114- Ekamra-BBSR	Ashok Chandra Panda	BJD
115- Jatani	Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray	BJD
116- Begunia	Prashanta Nanda	NCP
117- Khurda	Rajendra Ku. Sahoo	Independent
118- Chilika	Raghunath Sahu	BJD
119- Ranpur	Satyanarayan Pradhan	BJD
120- Khandapada	Siddharth Sekhar Singh	BJD
121- Daspalla (sc)	Kashinath Mallik	BJD
122- Nayagarh	Arun Kumar Sahu	BJD
123- Bhanjanagar	Bikram Keshari Arukha	BJD
124- Polasara	Niranjan Pradhan	BJD
125- Kabisuryanagar	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	BJD
126- Khalikote (sc)	Purna Chandra Sethy	BJD
127- Chhatrapur (sc)	Adikanda Sethi	CPI
128- Aska	Debaraj Mohanty	BJD
129- Surada	Purna Chandra Swain	BJD
130- Sanakhemundi	Ramesh Chandra Jena	Congress (I)
131- Hinjili	Naveen Patnaik	BJD
132- Gopalpur	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy	BJD
133- Berhampur	Dr. Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik	BJD
134- Digapahandi	Surjya Narayan Patro	BJD
135- Chikiti	Usha Devi	BJD
136- Mohana (st)	Chakradhara Paik	Congress (I)
137- Paralakhemundi	K. Narayana Rao	BJD
138- Gunupur (st)	Ramamurty Mutika	BJD
139- Bissam Cuttack (st)	Damburudhara Ulaka	Congress (I)
140- Rayagada (st)	Lal Bihari Himirika	BJD
141- Laxmipur (st)	Jhina Hikaka	BJD
142- Kotpad (st)	Basudev Majhi	Congress (I)
143- Jeypore	Rabi Narayan Nanda	BJD
144- Koraput (sc)	Raghuram Padal	BJD
145- Pottangi (st)	Rama Chandra Kadam	Congress (I)
146- Malkangiri (st)	Mukunda Sodi	BJD
147- Chitrakonda (st)	Mamta Madhi	Congress (I)