Election 2019

Odisha-Bound Rahul Gandhi Returns To Delhi As Plane Develops Snag

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is scheduled to address Parivartan Sankalp Samavesh in Balasore on Friday afternoon, will be late for the meeting.

In a Twitter post, Rahul said that he was on the way to Patna, but was forced to return to Delhi due to technical snag in the plane engine. Hence, there will be delay in his arrival at the meeting venue in Balasore.


The Congress president was scheduled to arrive in Balasore at 2 pm and address a public meeting at Remuna.

Sources in the party said that the Odisha in-charge (prabhari) and Chhattisgarh minister TS Singhdeo, All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik, Congress candidate for Balasore Lok Sabha constituency Nabajyoti Patnaik (son of the OPCC president) and other senior leaders the party will remain present in the public meeting at Remuna.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Cyclone ‘Dana’: Rain, Wind & Storm Surge To Peak On Oct 24 Night In Odisha, Says IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

Bhubaneswar: Odisha may experience very heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge during the landfall of…

October 23, 2024

Cyclone ‘Dana’: Rain Starts In Odisha, Heavy Downpour To Persist Till October 26

Bhubaneswar: With cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ moving towards Odisha coast, several parts of the state in…

October 23, 2024

Here’s What North East’s Padma Awardee Poet Mamang Dai Told About Jayanta Mahapatra

Bhubaneswar: Recollecting the strong bond between late poet Jayanta Mahapatra and his colleagues from the…

October 23, 2024

Bhitarkanika National Park Shut For 3 Days As Cyclone ‘Dana’ Approaches Odisha Coast

Kendrapada: With severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ set to make a landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park…

October 23, 2024

Cyclone ‘Dana’: IMD Issues Orange Warning For 5 Odisha Dists Till 6.40PM

Bhubaneswar: Rainfall has commenced in several parts of coastal Odisha under the influence of Cyclone…

October 23, 2024

ECoR Cancels Over 220 Trains As Cyclone ‘Dana’ Approaches Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) announced cancellation of 20 more trains late on Tuesday…

October 23, 2024

Odisha Govt Sets Up 5000 Relief Centres, Accelerates Evacuation Ahead Of Cyclone ‘Dana’ Landfall

Bhubaneswar: With cyclone ‘Dana’ moving towards the Odisha coast, the state government on Wednesday accelerated…

October 23, 2024

‘Use AI-Based Mechanisms To Identify Culprits,’ Centre Pulls Up ‘X’ Over Flight Bomb Threats

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday blasted social media…

October 23, 2024