Bhubaneswar, Aug. 19 -- By Ashutosh Mishra
Bhubaneswar: Eversince chief minister, Naveen Patnaik stepped into the political arena there has been speculation about the people guiding him. In the initial days bureaucrat-turned-politician, Pyari Mohan Mohapatra was believed to have been his informal advisor. Mohapatra, who had worked closely with Naveen's father, Biju Patnaik, was known to the family and hence was trusted to offer reliable advice.
Patnaik's moves like denying veteran, Bijay Mohapatra, then political affairs committee chairperson of Biju Janata Dal (BJD), party ticket from Patkura in 2000 at the eleventh hour, leaving him no time to file his nomination even as an independent, have been attributed to the brain of Mohapatra who...