By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday thanked his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar for his column titling “Naveen Patnaik: Soft Power” appeared in India Today magazine. BJD Rajya Sabha MPs, Dr Amar Patnaik and Dr Sasmit Patra were first to venture into Twitter to thanked Bihar Chief Minister for his wringing on their Party’s tallest leader, Chief Minister Patnaik.
“Thank you Shri @NitishKumar ji for your kind words. The love of people of Odisha, my family of 4.5Cr people, is my blessing for more than two decades. Serving them has been & will always be my utmost priority,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted @Naveen_Odisha.
“I share a long personal rapport with Shri Naveen Patnaik. He is a politician with a difference,” the Bihar Chief Minister Kumar started his column with this sentence, which published on August 21.
“ମୁଁ କିଛି ଦିନ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ଯାହା କହିଥିଲି ମାନ୍ୟବର @NitishKumarତାହା ହିଁ ଏଠାରେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି ।@Naveen_Odisha ଆମର ଜଣେ ଏପରି ରାଜନେତା, ଯିଏ ଜନସେବାରେ ଉତ୍କର୍ଷତା ଅନୁସରଣ କରି କ୍ଷମତା ଅନ୍ୱେଷଣକୁ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରିଛନ୍ତି | ସେ ଆଗାମୀ ଦିନରେ ଭାରତୀୟ ରାଜନୀତିରେ ନିଶ୍ଚିତ ଭାବେ ଅନନ୍ୟ ରହିବେ।#NaveenCares,”BJD Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Amar Patnaik tweeted @Amar4Odisha.
“My deep regards and thanks to Hon’ble Bihar CM Shri Nitish Kumar for his high praise about the efforts and legacy of our Hon’ble Party President and Hon’ble CM Shri. Naveen Patnaik, the Statesman of Indian Polity,” BJD Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Sasmit Patra tweeted @sasmitpatra.
