PM Modi may visit Odisha twice in February

State BJP president Manmohan Samal said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Odisha twice in February.

Samal said Modi, who is scheduled to visit Sambalpur in Odisha on February 3 and address a public meeting, may also visit the state capital on February 10, when the saffron party will hold its National Women’s Conference here.

“The party has decided to organize two women’s conferences in February, one in Madhya Pradesh and the other in Odisha. The Prime Minister is likely to attend a women’s conference in Odisha on February 10. The PM has given his consent to attend it”, Samal said, adding that details of the February 10 event will be announced soon. He said around 25,000 women from 14 states are likely to participate in the women’s inclusion, which is being seen as an attempt by the BJP to break into the reliable women vote bank of the Biju Janata Dal.

Earlier in the day, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is visiting from Odisha, had hinted about the PM’s program in the coastal region of Odisha after his visit to the western region on February 3.

Samal claimed that around 1.5 lakh people will gather at the reclaimed ground in Sambalpur on February 3 to listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The people of Sambalpur and neighboring districts are eagerly waiting to hear from the Prime Minister,” he said.

On the February 3 visit, the PM will attend an event at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Sambalpur and then address a public meeting at the reclaimed ground.

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