BHUBANESWAR, May 26: Top leaders of the BJP and the Congress will again make a beeline to Odisha ahead of the last phase of simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on May 29 and address three public meetings in Baripada, Balasore and Kendrapara, BJP’s Odisha unit vice-president Golak Mohapatra told reporters here on Sunday.
A day before his scheduled visit, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address three rallies in Chandbali, Korei and Nimapada on May 28.
Voting will be held in six LS seats and 42 assembly segments falling under these parliamentary constituencies in the last phase.
Meanwhile, AICC in-charge for Odisha, Ajoy Kumar said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will address election rallies in Balasore and Bhadrak on May 29, while Rahul Gandhi will address a public meeting in Balasore on May 30.
Mohapatra said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma will address election rallies in Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada and Kakatpur on May 27 and in Rairangpur, Morada, Soro and Jagatsinghpur on May 28.
BJP MP candidates Sambit Patra, Aparajita Sarangi and Pradeep Panigrahi will hold rallies in the six constituencies where polling will be held in the last phase. (PTI)
