Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik attended two pre-poll meetings at Banpur and Balugaon and spoke about the achievements of the BJD Government in the State for the people in last one-and-a-half decades.
On special category status, Patnaik said Odisha is always neglected by the Centre for which people of the State should be united and fight it for their right.
local MP Pinaki Mishra and MlA- cum -president of Khordha district BJD Raghunath Sahu also spoke.
Earlier, thousands of party workers and local office bearers greeted their leaders with slogans and jumbo banners. District officials, including the DRDA PD, the Sub-Collector, the BDO and the Tehsildar, among others, were present. The Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for a cover of a railway over bridge from Banpur to Balugaon.