Patnaik who recently completed 23 years in office apparently wanted to give a new look to his ministry before the 2024 elections to the Lok Sabha and Assembly, analysts said.
Speaking to reporters, Bommai said that the matter of cabinet expansion has been discussed with party President J.P. Nadda already.
Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan administered the oath of office and secrecy to 25 members of the Cabinet at a public function near the state Secretariat in capital city Amaravati.
Sources said that only four of the incumbent ministers may retain their positions.
CM Ashok Gehlot will be keeping the Home, Taxation, DOP, GAD, Cabinet Secretariat, NRI, Rajasthan state investigation Bureau, DIPR, IT & Communication, and Finance ministries.
The Congress MLAs who have been appointed advisors are Jitendra Singh, Rajkumar Sharma and Danish Abrar.
Fifteen new Rajasthan ministers took oath on Sunday at the Raj Bhavan as part of the Cabinet reshuffle.
The chief minister said that his government in the last 35 months has worked to deliver transparent, sensible and good governance and had taken the state forward on the path of development, despite adverse circumstances.
Rajasthan Cabinet's expansion is scheduled to take place today with the oath-taking ceremony of the new ministers at the Governor's house.
CM Gehlot's cabinet expansion is all set to take place on Sunday with the oath-taking ceremony of the new ministers at the Governor's house.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot's 'loyalists' MLAs Hemaram Choudhary, Murari Lal Meena, Zahida Khan, Rajendra Singh Gudha and Brijendra Ola, were part of the cabinet of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot after the reshuffle.
Although it has not yet been decided which new faces will be included in the cabinet, the process of reaching out to a large number of Congress MLAs in Jaipur started last Friday evening.
The three ministers are - Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary, Medical and Health Minister Dr. Raghu Sharma, and Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra.
Ashok Gehlot had a meeting on Wednesday at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's residence with party general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi and KC Venugopal.
A total of 7 new ministers took the oath of office as part of Yogi Adityanath's cabinet expansion.
Uttar Pradesh government's cabinet expansion was held today as seven new ministers take the oath of office, and get inducted into Yogi Adityanath's cabinet. The oath-taking ceremony took place at Raj Bhawan, Lucknow.
The oath-taking ceremony will take place at Raj Bhawan in Lucknow at 05:30 PM today, as per sources.
The Uttar Pradesh government's cabinet expansion will take place today, as seven new ministers will take an oath, and get inducted into Yogi Adityanath's cabinet. The information comes in amid rumours regarding cabinet ministers in the state, that were doing rounds for a while now.
On Friday, Channi held a final round of discussion with the party high command on the faces to be included in the new cabinet.
Rishi Sunak will remain next door to Johnson at Downing Street as his Chancellor of the Exchequer and Priti Patel, who had been at the centre of some speculation of being moved, remains in her post as Home Secretary.
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