Odisha to celebrate R-Day: Know who will unfurl National Flag where

Bhubaneswar: The 72^nd Republic Day will be celebrated across Odisha as COVID-19 consistently decline in the state. Along with the unfurling of the National Flag in Bubaneswar, the day will be celebrated at all district headquarters.

In Bhubaneswar, Governor Ganeshi Lal is scheduled to hoist the National Flag and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will join the occasion as the Guest of Honour.

In other districts the ministers and district collectors of the state will unfurl the National Flag at several places on Republic Day.

Following is the list of guests who will unfurl the National Flag on Republic Day:

1. Finance, Excise Minister Niranjan Pujari – Cuttack
   2. Forest and Environment, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha – Puri
   3. Steel and Mines, Works Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallik – Angul
   4. Co-Operation, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain – Kalahandi
   5. Planning and Convergence, Commerce and Transport Minister Padmanabh Behera – Ganjam
   6. Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Housing & Urban Development, Law Minister Pratap Jena – Balasore
   7. Agriculture And Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo – Rayagada
   8. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marndi – Kandhamal
   9. Labour & Employees’ State Insurance, Rural Development Minister Susanta Singh – Mayurbhanj
   10. Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das – Bargarh
   11. Women & Child Development & (Mission Shakti) Minister Tukuni Sahu – Sambalpur
   12. ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Minister Jagannath Saraka – Nayagarh
   13. Energy , Industries , Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra – Keonjhar
   14. Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Public Enterprises, Science and Technology Minister Ashok Chandra Panda – Jajpur
   15. School and Mass Education Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash – Bolangir
   16. Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi – Sundargarh
   17. Skill Development & Technical Education Minister Premananda Nayak – Koraput
   18. Information & Public Relations, Water Resources Minister Raghunandan Das – Nabarangpur
   19. Textiles, Handlooms & Handicrafts Minister Padmini Dian – Gajapati
   20. Electronics & Information Technology, Sports & Youth Services Minister Tusharkanti Behera – Malkangiri                                                                                                                                                              PNN