OD-RAHUL-VISIT

The venue of Congress

president Rahul Gandhi's public meeting has been shifted from

Cuttack to Bhubaneswar, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee

said Saturday.

Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Odisha on January

25.

OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik said Rahul Gandhil's

publc meeting is likely to be held at Tamando ground here on

January 25.

He said Gandhi will be in the city from 10 am to 5 pm

on January 25 but did not mention why the venue was shifted

from Cuttack to Bhubaneswar.

Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to meet farmers, civil

society members, officials of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and

intellectuals, Patnaik said.

"It is not sure whether a separate session with party

workers can be organised in view of Gandhi's tight schedule,"

Patnaik said.

The OPCC president said that the Congress president

will arrive on another visit to the state in February. He may

tour some districts in south and western Odisha and address

public meetings.