Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive, while BJP president JP Nadda has arrived in Bhubaneswar Sunday on their two-day visit to Odisha.
PM Modi is scheduled to arrive in the Odisha capital around 9.30 pm and will make a night halt at Raj Bhavan. He will address election rallies at Berhampur and Nabarangpur Monday, a BJP leader said.
JP Nadda Sunday addressed a programme in Bhubaneswar where the BJP’s manifesto for the Odisha Assembly elections was released. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the culture of politics in India forcing all parties to talk about development.
It can be mentioned here that PM Modi will again come to the state May 10, when he will lead a road show in Bhubaneswar. On the following day, he would address an election rally in Bolangir, he said.
Odisha Police have tightened security arrangements for the PM’s visit Sunday.
Tight security will be ensured from Biju Patnaik International Airport to Raj Bhavan Sunday evening, a police officer said.
Nadda, on the other hand, is slated to reach Bhubaneswar this afternoon. He is scheduled to release the election manifesto of the state unit of the BJP in Bhubaneswar around 3 pm.
The BJP president will also hold meetings with party leaders and workers in Bhubaneswar and neighbouring Cuttack to discuss the party’s strategies for the ensuing Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state.
The state will go to polls from May 13 to June 1.
PTI