Book chronicles Naveen Patnaik's rise as regional satrap

Naveen Patnaik is hard to match and will be a key figure in the 2019 elections, says a new book which seeks to decode the success of the Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal boss.

In the book "Naveen Patnaik", journalist Ruben Banerjee says that the Odisha politician made mincemeat of battle-hardened political rivals despite having no prior experience by systematically captured power and surviving for almost two decades.

If he wins in 2019, he will scale further heights and become a far bigger political phenomenon. If he loses, he will still remain a phenomenon, hard to emulate, the author says.

So what works for Patnaik?