Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday left for New Delhi on a weeklong visit to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Central Ministers. He is scheduled to return here on June 4.
This is Patnaik’s first visit to Delhi after assuming the office of the Chief Minister for the fourth consecutive time.Prior to his departure, Patnaik told reporters here that he has sought an appointment with the Prime Minister and would also like to meet some of the new Union Ministers to discuss with them various developmental activities of Odisha.
Patnaik would also attend a BJD Parliamentary Party meeting in Delhi.In the changed political osmosis, Patnaik is likely to meet the top leaders of the Trinamool Congress, the AIDMK and the Samajwadi Party to form a group in Parliament to work as a constructive opposition, BJD sources said.