Odisha | The all-new Naveen Patnaik

The Biju Janata Dal supremo has stepped retired of the shadows, unveiling a caller avatar. No longer reserved and detached, he's present a fiery Opposition force, reigniting his enactment and energising his base

RISING FROM SILENCE Patnaik addressing BJD leaders and workers astatine a rally successful Bhubaneswar, Jan.5

A t 78 years of age, astir politicians mightiness gracefully retreat from nationalist life. But not Naveen Patnaik, Odisha’s longest-serving main curate and present person of the Opposition successful the state. The decision successful the 2024 assembly and Lok Sabha elections could good person been the epilogue to his career, but Patnaik is intent connected penning a fewer much chapters. Exhibiting a renewed vigour, helium is emerging arsenic a vocal and dynamic governmental force.