BJD Will Win Bijepur Bypoll By A Good Margin: Naveen

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said his party will win the Bijepur byelection by a good margin.

“My party will win the forthcoming Bijepur byelection by a good margin. The development and welfare programmes of my government will be the yardstick of the victory of the BJD in the byelection,” Patnaik said before leaving for New Delhi on a four-day visit to attend a meeting for the forthcoming Men’s World Cup Hockey to be held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

The Chief Minister also wished the people of Odisha a happy Maha Shivratri.

Official sources said Patnaik will attend a meeting on the Men’s World Cup Hockey at at a five-star hotel ‘The LaLit’ at 12 PM on Thursday.

President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra, former International and Olympic hockey stars of India Dillip Tirkey, Viren Wilfred Rasquinha(former Indian Men’s Hockey team captain) and Dhanraj Pillay will attend the meeting.

Besides, players of national men’s and women’s hockey team will also be present at the meeting, the sources added.

The mega sporting event being hosted in Odisha for the first time will begin on November 18 and conclude on December 16.