Speaker of the Odisha Assembly, Bikram Keshari Arukha, and two Ministers on Friday quit their posts fuelling speculation of a minor reshuffle in the Naveen Patnaik Cabinet.
School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash and Labour and Employee’s State Insurance Minister Srikanta Sahu stepped down from their ministerial positions.
The two Ministers were entangled in different controversies. While a Biju Janata Dal woman leader levelled allegation of harassment against Mr. Sahu, Mr. Dash’s name was dragged into controversy of alleged suicide by Dharmendra Sahu, a zilla parishad member in Puri district.
