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India’s hockey teams are on the front pages of all newspapers with the Odisha Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik, smiling gently in all of them. The men’s team has won an Olympic bronze for the first time in 41 years — but it is Mr Patnaik who’s ensured he’s won the gold. No politics in this bloodless conquest. But then, that is Naveen Patnaik’s kind of politics!
He is said to be quiet, charming, self-deprecating but ruthless in eliminating competitors and potential threats. Most political parties and their leaders tend to use politics to edge out rivals.
Mr Patnaik uses politics to
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