Narendra Modi greets Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on his 75th birthday

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on his 75^th birthday, Friday.

The prime minister took to his twitter handle to wish the longest-serving Chief Minister of Odisha. “Birthday greetings to Odisha CM Shri Naveen Patnaik Ji. Praying for his long and health life,” Modi said in the tweet.

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Birthday greetings to Odisha CM Shri Naveen Patnaik Ji. Praying for his long and healthy life. @Naveen_Odisha

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 16, 2020

This time however, Naveen is not celebrating his birthday. According to a CMO statement, the CM has decided not to celebrate his birthday in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in Odisha.

The writer-turn-politician was roped into the politics first in 1997 after the demise of his father Biju Patnaik by the then Janata Dal heavyweights. He was elected to 11^th Lok Sabha and became a Union Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government and in 2000 he became the chief minister of Odisha. Over the years, he has emerged as a leader with clean image in the landscape of national politics.

PNN