New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Chief and former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Saturday congratulated the state on emerging as the top performer in fiscal management.

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.

MLA is hereby appointed as State Returning Officer for smooth conduct of the Organizational Election of Biju Janata Dal with immediate effect," ordered BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Monday.

Former Odisha Chief Minister and Naveen Patnaik on Thursday admitted that his party, Biju Janata Dal (BJD), had made a mistake by failing to counter the "lies of the BJP" on social media during ...