BJP’s NE venue at Janata Maidan named after Odisha saint poet Bhima Bhoi

Chinmayee Dash Published On : Apr 14, 2017 at 2:03 PM

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Apr 14:

The programme site of Janata Maidan where the BJP’s national executive meeting is scheduled to be held in Odisha capital has been named after Saint Poet Bhima Bhoi, informed Union Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

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Inaugurating the media cell for the two-day national executive meeting of the saffron party here today, Pradhan said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach Bhubaneswar airport at 3.30 pm tomorrow.

“From airport PM Modi is scheduled to go to the Raj Bhawan, from where he will reach Janata Maidan by 5 pm tomorrow”, the union minister said in a press conference.

BJP’s president Amit Shah, several union ministers and party’s key leaders are scheduled to attend the national meeting. However, Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj cannot attend the event in Odisha due to health issues, he said.