West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee arrived here on Tuesday evening as part of her three-day visit to Odisha.
Banerjee, accompanied by West Bengal Youth Services and Youth Affairs Minister Arup Biswas, went to Puri and made a night halt at the NirmanNivas there. She is scheduled to visit the Jagannath Temple to offer her prayers to the deities on Wednesday.
She said, “The Odisha CM is our senior leader and I will (also) meet him.”
Banerjee is scheduled to meet Naveen Patnaik on Thursday. Even though the agenda of the meeting was still unclear, sources said the two leaders could discuss issues concerning the States as well as the upcoming 2024 elections.
Banerjee had recently met Samajwadi Party chief AkhileshYadav in Kolkata. Both announced that they would maintain equal distance from the BJP and the Congress.