After his scheduled visit to Odisha on December 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the State twice in January next ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Sources said Modi would attend a programme at Baripada on January 5 and another in western Odisha on January 16.
Besides the PM, BJP national president Amit Shah is also likely to visit Odisha in January next.
The BJP big bosses’ series of Odisha visits prior to the general elections indicate the party’s focus on the State, particularly in the wake of its debacle in the recent Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.