The Naveen Patnaik Government on Friday shunted out the Minister and Secretary at the Higher Education department for “poor performance”.
The action is rare as the State Government has hardly ever cited ‘poor performance’ as the basis for ousting a Minister and secretary.
While Higher Education Minister Rohit Pujari was dropped from the Council of Ministers, Secretary Bishnupada Sethi was transferred to the ‘insignificant’ post of officer on special duty to general administration.