HYDERABAD: Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday congratulated Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on his party BJD's victory in the Assembly elections. "Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in a message congratulated and conveyed his greetings to Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha on his party's (BJD) victory in the Assembly elections," a release from Rao's office said. BJD candidates were ahead in more than 100 of the 146 assembly seats in Odisha for which polling was held in four phases.