Former bureaucrat V K Pandian joins BJD in presence of Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik
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V.K. Pandian, former private sec. to Odisha CM, joins BJD. CM Naveen Patnaik said Pandian will work towards his vision for Odisha's dev. Pandian was 5T Sec. & oversaw projects such as Srimandir Parikrama & Mo Sarkar. He is expected to play a key role in BJD's 6th term in 2024.
V. K. Pandian, the former private secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and who recently took voluntary retirement from All India Services, today formally joined Biju Janata Dal in presence of CM and senior leaders.
“Today our party supremo and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik officially inducted V. K. Pandian into the BJD. Mr. Pandian took Naveen Patnaik’s blessing after this. Speaking to the senior leaders, Naveen Patnaik said that just like Mr. Pandian had served the people of Odisha as a bureaucrat, he would continue to do the same while in the BJD. He will work towards taking forward Naveen Patnaik’s vision for the development of Odisha forward” Debi Mishra, senior leader of the BJD told ANI.
In October this year, V. K. Pandian was appointed as chairman of 5T (Transformational Initiative) and ‘Nabin Odisha’ in the rank of Cabinet Minister under the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led government. This came a day after the Centre approved the voluntary retirement of the IAS officer, who has been serving as private secretary to the Odisha Chief Minister.
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V. K. Pandian is a 2000-batch Odisha cadre IAS officer. He started his career as a civil servant as a sub-collector in Dharmagarh, located in Kalahandi district.
Mr. Pandian subsequently served as a collector in the Mayurbhanj and Ganjam districts before transitioning to his role in the Chief Minister’s office.
In the last 10 years since joining, Mr. Pandian has played a key role in many crucial decisions of the Patnaik government.
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