Rao condoles Patnaik's death

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today condoled the death of Congress veteran J B Patnaik.

"Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed his deep condolences on the demise of former Odisha Chief Minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik," a release from Rao's office said.

Patnaik (89), a three-time Chief Minister Odisha and former Governor of Assam, died at a hospital in Tirupati early today following a cardiac arrest.