IAS officer VK Pandian got Odisha Cabinet minister rank a day after voluntary retirement as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's private secretary on Tuesday. Earlier, Pandian took voluntary retirement from government service amid buzz over his induction into the Patnaik Cabinet on Monday. He is likely to be given a significant role ahead of the assembly elections, which will be due early next year.
On several occasions, the opposition BJP and Congress demanded his resignation asking him to officially join Patnaik's party BJD. Pandian drew the opposition's criticism after he went on a whirlwind tour across the state during which he held 190 meetings to hear public grievances.
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