Bhubaneswar,Jan 30: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday allocated the Health and Family Welfare department to Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari.
Pujari will take over the additional charge of the health and family welfare department as Naba Kishore Das who was holding the department as cabinet minister died on Sunday at a private hospital here after being shot at by a cop in Brajrajnagar.
Official sources said Odisha Governor Prof.Ganeshi Lal had approved the recommendation of the Chief Minister allocating the Health and Family Welfare department to Pujari.
