Bhubaneswar: Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Dharmendra Pradhan arrived in the Odisha capital on Thursday morning.
According to sources, they will head to Jagannath Temple in Puri from Biju Patnaik International Airport here.
The Union ministers will attend a press briefing in the evening and take part in ‘Jan Aashirwad Yatra’ from Friday.
Vaishnaw kept updating about his visit to Odisha – from boarding the flight in New Delhi to arriving in Bhubaneswar – on his official Twitter handle. And all the tweets are in Odia.
This, along with his taking oath in Odia at the Upper House in 2019 and invoking Jagannath after being sworn in as a Cabinet minister, is being viewed as a bid to show his commitment to Odisha of which he is not a native.
A 1994-batch Odisha cadre IAS officer, the former bureaucrat-turned-politician belongs to Rajashthan.
ମୁଁ ଶ୍ରୀ ଧର୍ମେନ୍ଦ୍ର ପ୍ରଧାନଙ୍କ ସହ ଦିଲ୍ଲୀ ବିମାନବନ୍ଦରରେ ପହଞ୍ଚିଛି
ଏହି ବିମାନଟି ନୂଆଦିଲ୍ଲୀରୁ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର ଟେକ୍ ଅଫ୍ ପାଇଁ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ |
ଜୟ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ |@dpradhanbjp@BJP4Odisha pic.twitter.com/VVWgpi6v1Q
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) August 19, 2021
ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସଦା ସର୍ବଦା ମୋର କର୍ମଭୂମୀ |
ମହାପ୍ରଭୂ ଶ୍ରୀ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ଏବଂ ଜନତାଙ୍କଠାରୁ ଆଶୀର୍ବାଦ ପାଇବାକୁ ଅପେକ୍ଷା କରିଛି |@BJP4Odisha#JanAshirwadYatra pic.twitter.com/272sUaZAUV
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) August 19, 2021
ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର ବିମାନ ବନ୍ଦରରର ମୁଁ ଏବଂ ଧର୍ମେନ୍ଦ୍ର ପ୍ରଧାନ @dpradhanbjp ଜୀ ପହଂଚିଲୁ। ଦଳୀୟ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକାର୍ତ୍ତାଙ୍କ ସ୍ୱାଗତ ସମ୍ବର୍ଦ୍ଧନା ଅଭିଭୂତ କଲା। ଆଜି ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର ଏବଂ ପୁରୀରେ ବିଭିନ୍ନ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ରମ ସହିତ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ରମ ରହିଛି।#JanAshirwadYatra @BJP4Odisha pic.twitter.com/Xt9fQ8rN9P
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) August 19, 2021
Speaking to the media earlier, BJP State general secretary Golak Mohapatra had said that Vaishnav will travel to Rayagada in Hirakhand Express in the evening and visit Koraput the followed day. The Union Minister is scheduled to visit Jeypore and Nabarangpur on August 21 and reach Bhawanipatna on August 22.
Vaishnav will again board a train from Balangir and arrive in Bhubaneswar on August 22.
Dharmendra will hold programmes in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Khurda from August 19 to 22, he added.
According to party sources, the Union Ministers will travel 419 km and hold programmes at 115 places in six Parliamentary constituencies in seven districts.
The main objective of the programme is to take the various schemes of PM Modi government to the people, said Mohapatra.
