By Anurjay Dhal
RAJKANIKA/KENDRAPARA(ODISHA): A Childhood photo of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with former Prime Minister late Lal Bahadur Shastri and former State CM late Nandini Satpathy has gone viral in Social Media with many sharing the photo in their timeline.
The photo was first posted by BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar in his Facebook timeline post and after that many shared it in their timeline.
The photo shows from left to right late Ajit Mahapatra, CM Naveen Patnaik, his Elder sister distinguished Writer Gita Mehta, late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri, late CM Nandini Satpathy. The confusion was on late Ajit Mahapatra, who is, nephew of late Legendary Statesman Biju Patnaik, was also the Promoter of Kalinga Group of Companies. He had passed away in January 2013.
Some wrote in their comment boxes late Ajit Mahapatra is Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma or Naveen Patnaik’s Elder brother Prem Patnaik, which creates a lot of confusion.
