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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aRuben Banerjee
245			_aNAVEEN PATNAIK
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260			_aNew Delhi _bJuggernaut _c2024
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500			_aIn 1997, when the beloved Odia politician Biju Patnaik died, his son, Naveen Patnaik, stepped forward to contest the by-election to his father’s Lok Sabha seat. Then fiftyone years old, Patnaik, who once ran a boutique in Delhi, had never contested an election or held public office and spoke no Odia. Patnaik wrested absolute control of the BJD and won election after election: he has been elected to the Lok Sabha three times, and as chief minister of Odisha five times. But this winning streak ended in 2024, when the BJP managed to snatch control of the state from the ageing Patnaik. In this book, the veteran journalist, Ruben Banerjee, decodes the success and downfall of the enigmatic politician who stays in the shadows and rarely gives interviews. This is a thrilling story of the rise and fall of an unlikely and seemingly unbeatable politician.
650			_aPolitical science
650			_aThe political process
650			_aPolitical parties
650			_aAutobiography
650			_aAutobiography of Politician
650			_aOdia politician
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