New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday extended birthday greetings to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on his 73rd birthday.
“Greetings to Odisha’s CM Shri Naveen Patnaik Ji on his birthday. May he be blessed with a long and healthy life,” the prime minister wrote on Twitter.
ଓଡିଶାର ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଶ୍ରୀ ନବୀନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକଜୀଙ୍କୁ ଜନ୍ମ ଦିନର ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା । ତାଙ୍କର ଦୀର୍ଘ ଓ ନିରାମୟ ଜୀବନ କାମନା କରୁଛି ।
Greetings to Odisha’s CM Shri Naveen Patnaik Ji on his birthday. May he be blessed with a long and healthy life. @Naveen_Odisha
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 16, 2019
Patnaik was born on this day in 1946 in Cuttack.
Patnaik had said Tuesday that he won’t be celebrating his birthday in light of Cyclone Fani that caused widespread devastation in coastal Odisha in May this year.
“This year, cyclone Fani has caused a lot of damages. In view of that I have decided not to celebrate my birthday,” he said, in a statement issued from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).
The CM insisted that his well-wishers and party workers ought to visit schools and orphanages for disabled children instead of coming to Naveen Niwas to wish him.
“Not just my birthday, you should visit such places on all your memorable days,” he added.
Patnaik’s BJD had snapped its 11-year-old ties with the BJP before the 2009 Lok Sabha election over the seat sharing issue.
The BJD has been supporting the government on various issues in Parliament.
PTI
