After conclusion of the two-day BJP national executive meeting here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Surat in Gujarat on Sunday afternoon.
BJP State leaders including Basanta Panda, KV Singh Deo, Jual Oram, Suresh Pujari and Samir Mohanty, Governor SC Jamir, DGP KB Singh and Chief Secretary AP Padhi bid him farewell at the Biju Patnaik International Airport.
Modi left the Janata Maidan and reached the airport at around 4.30 pm amid tight security cover. The air reverberated with ‘Modi, Modi’ chants by thousands of city residents and BJP activists waiting to have a glimpse of him enroute and at the airport.
The Prime Minister waved back to the crowd from his car, much to their delight. Some of the elated onlookers said they were waiting for a glimpse of Modi for more than an hour. They are very happy that the Prime Minister had come to the State and they could get a glimpse of him from so near.