Bhubaneswar, Sept 26: BJP National President JP Nadda will be on a one-day visit to Odisha Thursday (September 26), informed State unit President Manmohan Samal.

The party’s general secretary Jatin Mohanty told the media persons here Wednesday that Nadda is likely to reach Bhubaneswar at 10.30 am. He will participate in different party programmes before leaving for New Delhi in the afternoon.

“Nadda’s visit to Odisha aimed to accelerate our Sadasyata Abhiyan (the Membership drive) and make it all-inclusive,” said Mohanty.

During the trip, JP Nadda is scheduled to meet BJP MPs, MLAs and party workers at the party headquarters in the Capital City and hold discussions. The meeting will take place from 11:30 am to 1 pm.

Meanwhile, Samal said that Nadda will participate in a meeting with party MPs, MLAs and other office-bearers over the ongoing membership drive. The state unit president said that the BJP chief will hold discussions on how to increase the membership of the party in the state.

Nadda is scheduled to garland the statue of Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar at AG Square in the city. Later, he will take part in an intellectual meeting and hold a discussion on the membership drive of the party.

Nadda will talk to the party MLAs, MPs and office-bearers over the membership drive in the state at the party headquarters here, reportedly from 11.30 am to 1 pm.

The Sadasyata Abhiyan-2024 was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level in New Delhi September 2. Meanwhile, Samal launched the drive in the state the next day in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other senior leaders.

In the afternoon, JP Nadda, who holds the Health Ministry, is scheduled to visit Suando village in Puri's Satyabadi block, the birthplace of Gopabandhu Das.

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