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Bhubaneswar, Nov 27: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s close aide and former IAS officer V K Pandian on Monday formally joined the ruling BJD.
He joined the BJD in the presence of the chief minister, state ministers, and MLAs.
Voluntary retirement
The 2000-batch IAS officer had taken voluntary retirement from government service on October 23 this year.
He was later appointed as the chairman of the state’s flagship 5T (transformational initiative) and Navin (new) Odisha scheme in the rank of cabinet minister to work directly under the chief minister.
Sub-collector of Dharmagarh
Pandian began his bureaucratic career in 2002 as the sub-collector of Dharmagarh in Kalahandi district and was then posted as the collector of Mayurbhanj district in 2005. Later, he was appointed as the collector of Ganjam in 2007.
