Bhubaneswar: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in Bhubaneswar Monday. He is scheduled to address ‘Odisha Bachao Samavesh’ in Bhubaneswar today.
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sarat Pattanayak said that after arrival the Congress president will go to the meeting venue at Lower PMG square.
“People from villages, block and booth level will attend the rally of Congress president who is coming on a maiden visit to Odisha”, Pattanayak said.
He said party workers are enthused by the proposed visit of the Congress president. This will be Kharge’s first visit to Odisha after taking charge as Congress president.
During his visit to Odisha, the Congress president will also review Rahul Gandhi’s Odisha leg of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which is likely to enter the state February 14.
Kharge will also meet leaders of other parties in the INDIA bloc.
Both the BJD and the BJP in separate statements said that Kharge’s visit will have no impact on Odisha politics.
PNN & Agencies