A high voltage campaign will shoot up the poll fever in Odisha with two heavyweights of BJP and Congress from the Centre scheduled to visit the State to attend rallies on April 9.
It may be mentioned that April 9 is the last date of campaigning for the first-phase polls in Odisha scheduled to be held on April 11.
While BJP national president Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Puri on April 9, his Congress counterpart Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit south Odisha to campaign for the party candidates on the same day.
Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik informed about Gandhi’s visit on Friday. Party sources said Gandhi would to attend a meeting at Digapahandi in Ganjam district.
Shah would join out a road-show from the Singhadwar of Srimandir to Badasankha in Puri, BJP sources said.
Moreover, according to an earlier schedule, Shah would address two meetings on April 7, one in Bargarh and the other in Polasara in Ganjam district.
Besides, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to attend an election meeting at Brahmapur on Saturday, April 6.