Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has surpassed the late Jyoti Basu, the former Chief Minister of West Bengal, for second-longest tenure in India. On March 5th, 2000, Naveen was appointed Chief Minister of Odisha, and he still serves in that capacity.
He has served as the state’s chief minister for 23 years and 138 days as of right now, matching the late Jyoti Basu’s time in office as the chief minister of West Bengal.
Naveen Patnaik began his political career in 1997. He first assumed the position of Chief Minister of Odisha in the year 2000, and ever since then, he has led the state in an unbroken manner. With 24 years and 166 days in office, Sikkim’s Pawan Kumar Chamling is the chief minister with the longest tenure.
In the state’s economic, educational, health, and food security sectors, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has brought about revolutionary reforms during the course of his more than 23 years in office.
Odisha has experienced a fresh wave of industrialization thanks to the leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The state has received the second-highest amount of foreign investment in the nation.
The state witnessed development in many sectors from food security to health and women empowerment under the schemes launched by the Naveen-led BJD Government. National programmes that were inspired by the welfare initiatives of the Odisha government are evidence of Naveen’s achievement.
