Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to depart on 13-day overseas journey on Saturday

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Putting an finish to the Opposition assault over his presumed absence from the Assembly throughout the important funds session, sources within the Chief Ministers Office have stated that Naveen Patnaik might be again from his overseas journey in time to be current each on the Rath Yatra in Puri on July 1 and through presentation of the funds on July 2.

The Chief Minister is about to depart on a 13-day go to overseas on Saturday and return on June 30. Earlier, it was stated he could be leaving on his overseas journey in June final week, prompting the Opposition BJP to focus on him over his absence from the Assembly throughout presentation of the funds.

According to dependable sources, Naveen will go away Bhubaneswar for New Delhi at 1:30 pm on June 18. He will depart for Rome at 4:15 pm on June 20. State 5T Secretary VK Pandian will accompany the Chief Minister throughout the overseas journey. 

During his Italy go to, Naveen is prone to meet the Pope moreover attending a programme of the World Food Programme (WFP).  He will journey to Dubai from Rome on June 26 the place he’s scheduled to attend an buyers’ meet to be organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). 

He is predicted to depart Dubai for New Delhi on June 30. The identical night time, he’ll return to Bhubaneswar. He will attend the Rath Yatra at Puri on July 1 and be within the House the subsequent day throughout funds presentation.

This might be Naveen’s second overseas tour in  22 years in energy within the State. In his earlier journey, the Chief Minister had been to London on May 24, 2012. However, he needed to rush again to Odisha due to an tried coup within the BJD on May 29. Though the revolt was successfully crushed, Naveen had shunned enterprise any overseas tour since.