By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Jindal Steel and Power Chairman and former 2 times Lok Sabha MP, Naveen Jindal on Monday remembered former Chief Minister, visionary leader, ace pilot, maker of modern Odisha, Biju Patnaik on his Punyatithi.
‘Remembering the visionary leader, ace pilot, maker of modern Odisha and a real life hero Shri Biju Patnaik on his Punyatithi,’ JSP Chairman Naveen Jindal said in a tweet.
Biju Patnaik (5 March 1916 – 17 April 1997) was an Indian politician, aviator and businessman. As politician, he served twice as the Chief Minister of the State of Odisha. Biju Patnaik’s younger son, Naveen Patnaik, is the current Chief Minister of Odisha. His daughter, Gita Mehta, is an English writer. His elder son Prem Patnaik is a Delhi-based industrialist.
Old timers in industry and mining sectors said, during his time, Naveen Jindal’s father late Shri OP Jindal, along with IMFA Group founder late Dr Bansidhar Panda, who also father of present BJP National , VP Baijayant Jay Panda, were frequent visitors to legendary Biju Patnaik’s residence, called Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar, where present Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik resides or at his Kalinga Tubes at Choudwar in Cuttack in early 60s and 70s.
