In view of forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Balangir on January 15, a Bhumi Pujan ceremony was held at Patharchepa on the outskirts of Balangir town on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would formally flag off a train from Balangir to Bhainsapali station and address a public meeting at Patharchepa which would be attended by people of six Lok Sabha constituencies.
Among others, former BJP MP from Balangir Sangeeta Singhdeo, District BJP president Bhaktabandhu Naik, MLA Padampur Pradeep Purohit, Gopalji Panigrahi, Annant Das and Tankdhar Tripathy were present.
Later, the BJP campaign poster and CD were released by the leaders.
Speaking to mediapersons, MLA Purohit said people are fed up with the 19-year-rule of the BJD Government in Odisha and are in favour of change. CM Naveen Patnaik promised a lot during the Bijepur by-election, but after winning hardly were any development activities completed in Padmapur area, he alleged.