Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik on Monday informed that AICC president Rahul Gandhi would visit the State in August.
Speaking to the reporters after the PCC’s first coordination committee meeting at the Congress Bhawan here, Patnaik said, “We are planning for Rahul Gandhi’s Odisha visit next month, most possibly after August 20.”
Speaking about the decisions taken at the coordination committee meeting, he said, “We decided how the party would be strengthened from the block level to the PCC level so that we will contest the upcoming general election successfully.” “We also decided to appoint a leader in each revenue district or else they will be given the charge of each parliamentary constituency,” he added.
AICC Odisha in-charge Jitendra Singh, leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Narasingha Mishra and other PCC coordination committee members attended the meeting.