BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management minister Pramila Mallik on Thursday resigned from the Naveen Patnaik cabinet, sources said. Mallik, a six-time MLA handed over her resignation letter to the chief minister which was subsequently forwarded to the governor for approval, they said. With Mallik’s resignation, the Naveen Patnaik ministry now has 20 ministers including the chief minister. The sources said Mallik is likely to file her nomination for the post of Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Meanwhile, School and Mass Education Minister Sudam Marndi was given additional charge of the Revenue and Disaster Management department earlier held by Mallik. Marndi was given the crucial Revenue and Disaster Management department as he had worked in the same department as a minister for three years from 2019 to 2022. The post of Odisha Assembly Speaker fell vacant after Bikram Keshari Arukha was appointed as Finance Minister in the last Cabinet reshuffle. Mallik is all set to become the next Speaker of the OLA as the ruling BJD has 113 MLAs in 147 member House.