BJP president Rajnath Singh to kick off poll campaign from Kalahandi

Orissadiary.com, Jan 12, 2009

By Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: The BJP national president Rajnath Singh is all set to blow the party poll campaign from Kalahandi.
The poll campaign by the BJP president has come at a time when there has been no poll understanding between the ruling BJD and BJP in Orissa.
While BJD supremo and chief minister along with BJD Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra have taken the leadership of the party poll campaign in the state, the BJP on the other hand, has decided to kick off its poll campaign.
While the BJP has convened a three-day national session in Nagpur starting from February 6, the party president is scheduled to attend a party meeting at Bhawanipatna on February 5.
Among others, senior BJP leader and in-charge of Orissa Binay Katiyar, Orissa BJP president Suresh Pujari and party’s national vice president Jual Oram would remain present at the meeting.
Prior to this meeting, Katiyar would preside over a party meeting in Keonjhar.
The saffron party will have a last meeting on poll preparation on January 16 at its headquarters office here in which all the party office bearers, MLAs, MPs, all defeated candidates, zilla parishad and Block chairmen and vice chairmen, all party morcha leaders, district party presidents and general secretaries will remain present.
Meanwhile, the BJD has already kicked off its party poll campaign.
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who had a whirlwind tour to Ganjam district on Saturday, toured Mahanga and Salepur in Cuttack district on Sunday.
He is scheduled to tour Nuapada district on Monday. Similarly, the BJD Rajya Sabha member after presiding over a party meeting at Mahanga, went to Chandikhol in Jajpur district on Saturday.
He is scheduled to tour the KBK district from Monday and preside over the party meetings at Titlagarh, Narla and other areas of the district.