Bhubaneswar, Jul 19: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president J P Nadda on Friday arrived in Bhubaneswar to attend the Odisha BJP's executive committee meeting in Puri.

Nadda was accorded a rousing welcome by the senior BJP leaders and supporters on his arrival at the Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar.

The Odisha BJP will hold its first executive committee meeting in Puri from today after forming its government in the State.

"BJP national president J P Nadda, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, State ministers, all party MLAs and MPs and Union Ministers from the State, all the coordinators for assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies, district presidents, officials of various fronts will participate in the two-day long meeting," Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal told reporters.

During the meeting, the saffron party is likely to discuss a roadmap on the ongoing political situation and other crucial aspects along with welfare programmes of the "double engine" government, a party functionary said.

BJP Sources said the party may review the assembly segments where its candidates lost by a slender margin.

The BJP won 78 seats of the 147-member assembly, while it bagged 20 of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in the State. 

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