Bhubaneswar, May 06: Nine Odisha ministers submitted their resignation paving the way for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to reshuffle the cabinet.
Finance Minister is tipped to become the Speaker in place of Niranjan Pujari, who had resigned from his post on Friday and is likely to be accommodated in the ministry.
Patnaik may go in for a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday morning before leaving for New Delhi to attend the meeting on the Maoist threat convened by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on May 8.
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