After a spectacular victory, Naveen Patnaik gears up for new innings

Patnaik is only the third chief minister in the country after Jyoti Basu and Sikkim's incumbent Pawan Kumar Chamling to retain power for the fifth successive term

After a landslide victory in the state assembly polls, incumbent chief minister Naveen Patnaik looks all set to announce his new team on May 27, the tentative date of the swearing-in ceremony of the new council of ministers.

Sources privy to the development said, Patnaik in his fifth straight term is likely to go for a major overhaul in his ministry, with eminent thrust on inducting fresh faces and women legislators as ministers. The old guard, including some of the staunch loyalists, might have to give up on ministerial berths though they will be the key to steering BJD's organizational roadmap.

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