By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will not celebrate the New Year-2020 on Wednesday in view of the death of his brother-in-law Sonny Mehta.
Patnaik has requested BJD leaders, party workers and well-wishers not to visit his residence to wish him.
Sonny Mehta, Chairman and editor-in-chief of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, passed away at 77.
“I am deeply grieved by the passing away of my brother in law Sonny Mehta (Husband of my sister Gita Mehta). He was one of the world’s best editors and an extremely civilized person. May his soul rest in peace,” tweeted Patnaik.
