Odisha: Naveen Patnaik Completes 25 Years Of Political Journey

Odisha: Naveen Patnaik Completes 25 Years Of Political Journey

It’s a historic day for Naveen Patnaik. The honorable Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik completes 25 years of his service to the people of Odisha. On this very day in 1997, for the first time, he got elected to Lok Sabha from the Aska constituency. With this, his political journey began.

“It has been a nostalgic journey in public life. 25 years back on this day, I was elected as an MP from my state. Gratitude to my 4.5 crore family for their enduring love & unwavering support,” Patnaik tweeted with a hashtag, Jai Jagannath.

From winning the Lok Sabha seat of Aska in 1997 which had fallen vacant after the death of his father and India’s legendary political leader and from Chief Minister of Odisha, Biju Patnaik; to becoming Union Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government to becoming Chief Minister of Odisha in 2000, the journey has been quite incredible for Naveen Patnaik.

Since 2000, he continued to remain in the Chief Minister chair by winning the trust and heart of the people of Odisha for another four consecutive assembly elections in 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019 and thereby created a record of five consecutive wins for a Chief Minister in India.

Story By- Saayak Karmakar, Resident Editor, Interview Times

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