Niranjan gets Health portfolio after demise of Naba Das

Bhubaneswar: With approval of Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik allocated the Health and Family Welfare department to Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari.

The CM allocated the department to Pujari after the demise of Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore on Sunday.

The minister sustained injuries after a police ASI opened fire at him near Gandhi Chhak in Brajarajnagar locality.

The incident took place while the minister was on his way to attend a program in Brajaraj Nagar. He was airlifted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar where he breathed last.