Sambalpur, Mar 16: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will pay a three-day visit to Odisha from March 21.

He will attend a public meeting at PHD Ground in Sambalpur on June 22. On March 23, he will go to Puri to see Lord Jagannath.

BJP State president Manmohan Samal announced Shah's Odisha visit after a preparatory meeting in Sambalpur.

Shah will land at Jharsuguda Airport on the afternoon of March 21. He will visit Sambalpur and spend the night there. He will visit Maa Samaleswari Temple on the morning of March 22. After this, he will attend a public meeting at the PHD ground in Sambalpur. He will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various projects.

"More than one lakh people from five parliamentary constituencies of western Odisha are expected to attend the meeting. Thus, details about his visit were discussed at a crucial meeting at the MCL," said Samal.

The Home Minister will visit Puri in the afternoon of March 22 and spend the night. On the morning of March 23, he will visit the Shee Jagannath Temple in Puri. Later, he will lay the foundation stone of Forensic Science University at Jatni. He will return to Delhi in the evening.

Apart from Samal, State BJP general secretary Manas Mohanty, Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling, Panchayati Raj Minister Rabi Naik and other senior party leaders were present at the preparatory meeting at MCL. The meeting was also attended by district presidents of five parliamentary constituencies.

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