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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik will not attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
official programme during his one-day tour to the state
Tuesday as he would be busy in state government programmes,
official sources said.
The Prime Minister during his visit to Bolangir in
Western Odisha is scheduled to launch several projects on
Infrastructure development, Connectivity and Ease of Doing
Business.
Modi will also dedicate Multi-Modal Logistics Park
(MMLP) in Jharsuguda and new Railway Line to be inaugurated
between Balangir-Bichupali.
After attending the official programme, Modi is
expected to address a public rally at Patharachepa ground in
Bolangir at 11.45 am.
However, Patnaik will not be able to attend such
function as he will remain busy at the state government's
"Krushi Odisha" programme.
Patnaik to address the farmers at the meeting.
Both the prime minister and the chief minister are
scheduled to attend programmes in different areas of the state
at 11 am.
However, sources in the chief minister's office said,
one minister may be deputed to attend the prime minister's
official programme.
Last time when Modi visited Baripada in north Odisha
on January 5, Patnaik was not present there as he attended an
official programme at Puri. Odisha'a Steel and Mines Minister
Prafulla Mallick represented the state at the PM's function.
However, the chief minister had attended the official
function of the Prime Minister Modi when he came to Khurda
near Bhubaneswar on December 24.
Ahead of the general elections, both the leaders have
been attacking each other's government, though Modi did not
take the name of ruling BJD or Patnaik in his speeches in
those programmes.
Modi, however, on his public meetings at Jharsuguda
and Talcher on September 22, 2018, had criticised Patnaik and
his government.
Opposition Congress has alleged that Modi has been
maintaining soft attitude towards Patnaik and his party,
particularly after BJP's defeat in three states of Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattishgarh.
Sources in the ruling BJD said Patnaik prefers not to
be seen with the prime minister at this juncture as the
regional outfit has been maintaining equi-distance from
both the BJP and the Congress.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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