Second Hemananda Biswal ministry

Second Hemananda Biswal ministry
Second Hemananda Biswal ministry
; 24th Ministry of Orissa
1999 – 2000
	Hemananda Biswal; Hon'ble Chief Minister of Orissa
Date formed	6 December 1999
Date dissolved	5 March 2000
People and organisations
Governor	M. M. Rajendran
Chief Minister	Hemananda Biswal
No. of ministers	31
Member parties	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Biju Janata Dal
Opposition leader	Satchidananda Dalal
History
Incoming formation	11th Orissa Legislative Assembly
Election	1995 Assembly election
Legislature term	90 days
Predecessor	Giridhar Gamang ministry
Successor	First Naveen Patnaik ministry

Hemananda Biswal was elected as the chief minister of Orissa for the second time in 1999 after Giridhar Gamang resigned as chief minister following mounting criticism of his handling of rescue and rehabilitation of the 1999 super cyclone.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Brief history

Chief Minister Hemananda Biswal along with 2 Cabinet Ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor M. M. Rajendran at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 6 December 1999. On 9 December 1999, 11 Cabinet Ministers, 8 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 8 Ministers of State were sworn into Council of Ministers.^[4] Shri Biswal resigned on 5 March 2000 following Cong's defeat in 2000 Orissa Assembly election.^[3]^[5]

Council of Ministers

Source
Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Home General Administration Steel & Mines Science & Technology Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Hemananda Biswal MLA from Laikera	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Panchayati Raj Law	Hemananda Biswal MLA from Laikera	7 February 2000	5 March 2000	INC
Cabinet Minister
Water Resources Agriculture Co-operation Parliamentary Affairs	Basanta Kumar Biswal MLA from Tirtol	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Revenue Youth Services	Jagannath Patnaik MLA from Nawapara	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Rural Development Planning & Coordination	Kahnu Charan Lenka MLA from Choudwar	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Health & Family Welfare	Kishore Chandra Patel MLA from Sundargarh	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare	Gajadhar Majhi MLA from Talsara	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Labour & Employment Public Enterprises	Durga Shankar Pattanayak MLA from Sambalpur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Forest Environment	Netrananda Mallick MLA from Chandbali	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Energy	Niranjan Patnaik MLA from Ramchandrapur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Finance	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty MLA from Kendrapara	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Urban Development Information & Public Relations	Bhupinder Singh MLA from Kesinga	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration	Sk. Matlub Ali MLA from Mahanga	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Panchayati Raj Law	Raghunath Patnaik MLA from Jeypore	9 December 1999	7 February 2000	INC
Women & Child Development	Saraswati Hembram MLA from Khunta	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Minister of State with Independent Charges
Industries	Amarnath Pradhan MLA from Athmallik	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
School & Mass Education	Nabin Chandra Narayan Das MLA from Dhenkanal	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Commerce and Transport	Prakash Chandra Debata MLA from Melchhamunda	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Works Housing	Jayadev Jena MLA from Anandapur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Textiles & Handlooms	Bijayalaxmi Sahoo MLA from Cuttack Sadar	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare	Mohan Nag MLA from Bhatli	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Excise	Suresh Kumar Routray MLA from Jatani	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development	Haladhar Karjee MLA from Ramagiri	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Minister of State
Health & Family Welfare	Usha Rani Panda MLA from Aska	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration	Ganeswar Behera MLA from Patamundai	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Panchayati Raj	Padma Lochan Panda MLA from Simulia	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare	Parama Pujari MLA from Umarkote	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Culture Youth Services	Prasad Kumar Harichandan MLA from Satyabadi	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Urban Development Tourism	Ramakanta Mishra MLA from Ranpur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Energy Sports	Ripunath Seth MLA from Bijepur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Rural Development	Surendra Singh Bhoi MLA from Saintala	9 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC
Science & Technology	Debendranath Mansingh MLA from Chilika	11 December 1999	5 March 2000	INC

Demographics

Division	District	Ministers	Cabinet Ministers	Ministers of State
Northern	Angul	1	–	Amarnath Pradhan
	Balangir	1	–	Surendra Singh Bhoi
	Bargarh	3	–	Prakash Chandra Debata Mohan Nag Ripunath Seth
	Dhenkanal	1	–	Nabin Chandra Narayan Das
	Deogarh	0	–	–
	Jharsuguda	1	Hemananda Biswal (Chief Minister)	–
	Keonjhar	2	Niranjan Patnaik	Jayadev Jena
	Subarnapur	0	–	–
	Sambalpur	1	Durga Shankar Pattanayak	–
	Sundergarh	2	Kishore Chandra Patel Gajadhar Majhi	–
Central	Balasore	1	–	Padma Lochan Panda
	Bhadrak	1	Netrananda Mallick	–
	Cuttack	3	Kahnu Charan Lenka Sk. Matlub Ali	Bijayalaxmi Sahoo
	Jagatsinghpur	1	Basanta Kumar Biswal	–
	Jajpur	0	–	–
	Khorda	2	–	Suresh Kumar Routray Debendranath Mansingh
	Kendrapara	2	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty	Ganeswar Behera
	Mayurbhanj	1	Saraswati Hembram	–
	Nayagarh	1	–	Ramakanta Mishra
	Puri	1	–	Prasad Kumar Harichandan
Southern	Boudh	0	–	–
	Gajapati	1	–	Haladhar Karjee
	Ganjam	1	–	Usha Rani Panda
	Kalahandi	1	Bhupinder Singh	–
	Kandhamal	0	–	–
	Koraput	1	Raghunath Patnaik	–
	Malkangiri	0	–	–
	Nabarangpur	1	–	Parama Pujari
	Nuapada	1	Jagannath Patnaik	–
	Rayagada	0	–	–

References

↑ "Biswal back at the helm after 10 yrs". The Indian Express. 7 December 1999. Archived from the original on 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
↑ PTI (31 October 2022). "I am victim of 'super politics', not 1999 Odisha super cyclone: Ex-CM Giridhar Gamang". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
1 2 Service, Express News (26 February 2022). "Odisha's first tribal CM Hemananda Biswal no more". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
↑ "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly". Odisha Legislative Assembly. 14 September 2025.
↑ Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

[1] "Biswal back at the helm after 10 yrs". The Indian Express. 7 December 1999. Archived from the original on 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.

[2] PTI (31 October 2022). "I am victim of 'super politics', not 1999 Odisha super cyclone: Ex-CM Giridhar Gamang". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2025.

[newindianexpress-3] 1 2 Service, Express News (26 February 2022). "Odisha's first tribal CM Hemananda Biswal no more". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 September 2025.

[4] "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly". Odisha Legislative Assembly. 14 September 2025.

[5] Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

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Chief ministers of Odisha
Orissa Province	Krushna Chandra Gajapati Bishwanath Das Harekrushna Mahatab
Odisha (formerly Orissa)	Harekrushna Mahatab Nabakrushna Choudhuri Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Bishwanath Das Nandini Satpathy Binayak Acharya Nilamani Routray Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal Giridhar Gamang Naveen Patnaik Mohan Charan Majhi
Ministry	Gajapati I Das I Gajapati II Mahatab I Choudhuri I Choudhuri II Mahtab II Mahtab III Biju I Mitra Tripathy Singh Deo Das II Satpathy I Satpathy II Acharya Routray Janaki I Janaki II Biswal I Biju II Janaki III Gamang Biswal II Naveen I Naveen II Naveen III Naveen IV Naveen V Majhi

Brief history

Council of Ministers

Demographics

See also

References