Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday left for New Delhi on a nine-day holiday visit. The Chief Minister is scheduled to return here on April 30.
The visit is reported to be unofficial, sources said.
Patnaik is likely to meet some national leaders from the Opposition parties on the move to form an alternative political force as a Third Front or a Federal Front at the Centre.