Puri, May 9: Union Minister for Transport Nitin Gadkari on Thursday visited Odisha’s Puri and campaigned for BJP here.
Gadkari participated in the poll campaign for BJP’s Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra in the afternoon.
Sources said Gadkari left for Puri in a helicopter after his arrival at the Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar in the noon. On his arrival at the Talabania Helipad at Puri, he was given a rousing welcome by the party workers. Following this, Gadkari visited the Shree Jagannath temple and offered obeisance to the Trinity.
According to party sources, Gadkari addressed the public during a rally wherein he appealed the people to vote for Sambit Patra, to see the shrine city more developed.
