BJP leader Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to kick off his party’s campaign from Sonepur in Odisha on Thursday for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
The top BJP leader will arrive at Veer Surendra Sai Airport at Jharsuguda from Hyderabad at 3.45 p.m. and travel to Sonepur in a helicopter. Mr. Shah will address the public meeting at Rameswaram Stadium at Sonepur at about 4.35 p.m., party sources said.
Notably, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will contest from the Kantabanji Assembly segment within the Bolangir parliamentary constituency.
Mr. Shah’s meeting venue at Sonepur has been strategically selected for a better impact on Bolangir and adjoining Lok Sabha seats.
PTI