Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will for the first time attend an event together in Odisha to mark the two-year celebration of the Mohan Charan Majhi-led BJP govt in the state. On June 20, President Murmu and PM Modi are scheduled to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of several important projects for Odisha at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district, a govt official said.Majhi, who will complete two years in office on June 12, chaired a high-level preparatory meeting at Lok Seva Bhavan for the successful implementation of the anniversary programme, culminating in the mega public meeting to be addressed by president and prime minister.The chief minister directed officials to ensure security arrangements at the venue, facilities for the general public attending the meeting, and adequate parking arrangements. Since both President Murmu and PM Modi will attend the programme, the CM emphasised the need to organise the event smoothly and directed officials to pay special attention to the same.Mayurbhanj MP Naba Charan Majhi said the president will be on a two-day visit to Rairangpur, her hometown, starting June 19, while the prime minister is scheduled to visit on June 20.Sources said they will inaugurate a stadium in Rairangpur and projects for Pahadpur, the village of Murmu’s in-laws, besides several other projects for the state. The dignitaries will also flag off the Puri-Koraput new train via Sambalpur and inaugurate several upgraded railway stations as Amritbharat stations in different parts of the state.From Odisha, PM Modi will fly to Kolkata to lead the flagship national celebrations for International Yoga Day on June 21, while President Murmu is likely to return to Delhi.It may be mentioned here that the prime minister had also attended the Majhi govt’s first anniversary celebration in Bhubaneswar on June 20 last year and inaugurated as well as laid foundation stones of development projects worth over Rs 18,600 crore. This would be Modi’s eighth visit to Odisha in two years, and the first this year, after the BJP formed the govt in Odisha.
