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Naveen Patnaik pays homage to former Union Minister Debendra Pradhan

Bhubaneswar, Mar 17(UNI) Leader of the Opposition, Naveen Patnaik, on Monday visited the house of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to pay homage to his father late Debendra Pradhan
Pattnaik expressed condolences on Pradhan's demise and said the late leader will be remembered for his unparalleled organisational skills and charismatic personality.
As a minister in the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ministry, he had also shown his administrative skills. UNI DP SSP
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