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Naveen Patnaik formed shadow cabinet in Odisha: Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is playing the role of the leader of the opposition in the state. But he has formed a special kind of cabinet. He has formed a shadow cabinet of 50 MLAs of his party Biju Janata Dal.
In this cabinet, he has entrusted responsibility to experienced MLAs, who will keep an eye on the functioning of the Mohan Maji government. The job of these 50 MLAs is to review the decisions taken by the cabinet of the Odisha government. Along with this, they will also work on the mistakes of the ruling party and from time to time will also confront the ministers of various departments of the state.
Prasanna Acharya, who was the finance minister in the Naveen Patnaik government, will oversee the finance department, while Pratap Deb will oversee administration and public grievances. Former minister Pujari will look after home, food and consumer welfare departments.
Tradition of Shadow Cabinet in these countries
In democratic countries, the opposition forms a shadow cabinet of its MLAs and MPs to keep an eye on the functioning of the government. Countries like Australia, Canada, Britain have a tradition of shadow cabinet. Recently, British MP leader Rishi Sunak has formed a shadow cabinet. It is worth noting that former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been living in Britain for many years. He has adopted this concept from Britain.
Earlier, the opposition in the country had formed a shadow cabinet
Congress MLA and Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Tikaram Jolly talked about forming a shadow cabinet in the state. Let us tell you that earlier in the year 2005, BJP and Shiv Sena formed a shadow cabinet under the leadership of Vilasrao Deshmukh to monitor the Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra. In 2015, Congress used this concept during the Shivraj Singh Chauhan government in Madhya Pradesh. In 2018, a shadow cabinet was formed by the opposition to monitor the functioning of the Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala.
