CM Naveen Patnaik opens up about his relationship with Gandhi family, PM Modi

Apr 21, 2019

Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Apr 21 (ANI): In an exclusive interview to ANI, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on being asked if the close relationship his father Biju Patnaik once had with the Gandhi family carry into the next generation. He said, “None of them (Rajiv Gandhi & Sonia Gandhi) have spoken to me. I have never met him (Rahul Gandhi).”While speaking on his relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, CM Patnaik said, “I have met Mr Modi, I meet him officially several times, it is a perfectly civil relationship between the prime minister and a chief minister.”