Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will be on a one day visit to Odisha's Puri today.
Bhubaneswar, May 9: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will be on a one-day visit to Odisha's Puri today.
Gadkari will campaign for party candidates for upcoming upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the State.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is scheduled to vist Puri and will hold huge rally at Krishna Prasad in Puri.
Meanwhile, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma will also be on a one day visit to Odisha's Malkangiri, Chitrokonda and Khallikote and will hold public meetings there.
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New Delhi, May 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two public meetings each in Odisha and West Bengal on Monday for the ongoing Lok Sabha election.
In Odisha, Prime Minister Modi held a roadshow in Puri at 8 a.m. He has already moved to address a public meeting in Angul at 10:15 a.m. and Cuttack at 12 p.m. Later, the Prime Minister will visit West Bengal and address election rallies in Tamluk at 3 p.m. and Jhargram at 4:45 p.m.
Major political developments that will unfold across the country on Monday:
*Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address public meetings in Haryana and Delhi on Monday.
*From Haryana, Amit Shah is scheduled to address three public meetings -- one in Karnal at the Dashahara Ground, GT Road, at 11:15 a.m., second in Hisar at the Government College Ground at 1 p.m. and the third public meeting in Jhajjar at the Maharshi Dayanand Stadium at 2:45 p.m. Later, the Union Home Minister will visit Delhi and address a public meeting in South Delhi in Sangam Vihar at 6:30 p.m.
*Bharatiya Janata Party President J.P. Nadda will conduct a roadshow in New Delhi from Hanuman Mandir, Main Market, to Nirankari Bhawan, Malviya Nagar at 5:30 p.m.
*Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath will address a public meeting in Chandigarh, Haryana and Delhi. He is scheduled to address a public meeting in Maloya of Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat at 12:15 p.m., followed by another election rally in Haryana's Kurukshetra at 2:15 p.m. and a third public meeting in Sirsa at 4:25 p.m. Later, he will visit Delhi and address a public meeting in East Lok Sabha seat at 7 p.m. in Mayur Vihar Phase-3.
*Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will address public meetings in support of SP-INDIA bloc in Lok Sabha constituencies of Dumariaganj at 12:15 p.m., Sant Kabir Nagar at 1:25 p.m. and Basti at 2:30 p.m.
*Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav along with Vikasheel Insan Party National President Mukesh Sahani will address a public meeting at 11 a.m. in Shivhar.
(With IANS inputs)
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Puri, May 20: The Bada Danda (Grand Road) in the pilgrim city of Puri turned saffron and a Rath Yatra-like scene was illusioned as Prime Minister Narendra Modi waved to thousands of his supporters and BJP workers during a roadshow this morning.
After reaching Puri this morning, the Prime Minister first visited the Shreemandir and paid obeisance to Lord Jagannath and His siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. After spending about 30 minutes in the Shreemandir, the Prime Minister held a roadshow from Marichikote to Medical Chhak on the grand road. The 1.5-km stretch wore saffron with BJP flags and caps seen all around.
The Prime Minister moved in a flower-decked special open-roof vehicle through the Grand Road. He was greeted with the beating of drums, ghants and other traditional musical instruments and folk dances, including Ghoda Nacha (House Dance).
Shouting of slogans "Modi, Modi', 'Bande Bharat Mata' and 'BJP Jindabad' was added as a musical tone to the slow-moving roadshow. The popularity of the Prime Minister was reflected in the presence of a mass gathering along the two sides of the barricaded Grand Road.
Puri Lok Sabha MP candidate Sambit Patra and BJP State president moved along with the Prime Minister, waiving cutouts of lotus, the symbol of the BJP.
Seven BJP MLA candidates- Jayant Sarangi (Puri), Om Prakash Mishra (Satyabadi), Prithviraj Harichandan (Chilika), Upasana Mohapatra (Brahmagiri), Ashrit Patnaik (Pipili), Pratusha Rajeswari Singh (Nayagarh) and Surama Padhi (Ranapur)- in the poll fray under the Puri Lok Sabha constituency greeted the Prime Minister from seven platforms erected at different places along the Grand Road.
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Bhubaneswar, May 20: Voting started at 9,162 booths amid tight security arrangements under five parliamentary constituencies in Odisha in its second phase elections this morning.
As many as 79, 69, 887 voters are enrolled to exercise their franchise in this phase of elections in the State.
The five parliamentary constituencies going to polls today are Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal and Aska. All 35 Assembly constituencies coming under these five Lok Sabha segments are also going to polls.
The electorate comprised 39,45,000 female voters, 40,33, 992 male and 851 transgender voters, according to the Chief Electoral Officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal. .
Of the 9,162 polling stations, 1,041 booths are being managed by women pooling officers and 25 booths by PwD employees. A total of 1,541 booths have been named as model polling stations.
About 1800 booths have been identified as sensitive. A total of 102 companies of central forces have been deployed at these sensitive booths.
The fate of Assembly 265 and 40 Lok Sabha candidates will be decided by the voters today.
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