Odisha | The all-new Naveen Patnaik

Odisha | The all-new Naveen Patnaik

A t 78 years of age, most politicians might gracefully retreat from public life. But not Naveen Patnaik, Odisha’s longest-serving chief minister and now leader of the Opposition in the state. The defeat in the 2024 assembly and Lok Sabha elections could well have been the epilogue to his career, but Patnaik is intent on…

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Odisha | The Majhi makeover

Odisha | The Majhi makeover

Five months after taking power in Odisha, in a turn of events whose success may have surprised even the protagonist, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has one objective. To set a gove­rnance benchmark by which to disting­uish itself from its predecessor. What it grapples with is this: a humble roots politician like Mohan Charan Majhi,…

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