leaders and workers of the BJD and the BJP in Ganjam district are on their toes now to show off their support strengths during the upcoming visits of their respective leaders, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, to the city.
The Union Minister and the Chief Minister would attend the ongoing Maa Thakurani Yatra onApril 28 and 29, respectively. Thus, the political scenario has warmed up here now.
“Pradhan would walk down from Sana Bazaar to the Asthayi Mandap (temporary platform) to offer his prayer to Maa Budhi Thakurani at 10 am on Friday,” BJP Ganjam district president Kanhu Charan Pati told a Press conference on Thursday.
Stating that senior leaders like Bhrugu Baxipatra and Bibhuti Bhushan Jena would trudge with Pradhan, Pati informed that a joining meeting would be organised at the Town Hall on the day. Many leaders and their supporters belonging to the Congress and the CPI would join the party, Pati said.
Similarly, the Chief Minister would arrive in the city at 2 pm and pay his obeisance to Maa Budhi Thakurani first. later, he would attend the 100 th year celebration of the BCC Bank and then a programme of the OMSA to be held in the MKCG Medical College Hospital premises.
For CM’s visit, two helipads would be prepared in the city, sources said.
Ahead of his visit, the BJD Brahmapur city unit held a meeting here on Thursday.