By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/KENDRAPARA: BJP National VP In Charge of Assam and Delhi and former 4th times MP, Baijayant ‘Jay’Panda on Thursday paid a visit to YAAS affected areas of Kendrapara and assessed the damaged caused due to the cyclone. Panda was the first political leader having national repute paid a visit to another YAAS affected district of Odisha, Kendrapara, from where he twice represented in Lok Sabha.
The BJP VP Panda had flown from New Delhi to Bhubaneswar earlier in the day and straight drove to Kendrapara to meet affected people. Panda was also stopped at many places by public , where he heard the grievances of affected people. Local BJP Leaders also accompanied Panda during his visit to YAAS affected areas.
The senior BJP leader visited several block and talked to affected people and informed about the Central assistance of Rs 641.60 Crore to Odisha for YAAS given by Union Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman after Union Home Minister Amit Shah recommended on direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Panda also assured all possible Central help to affected people and demanded that roads and electricity connection should be immediately restored , so that people not face difficulty in lockdown time. “At a time, when sitting MP Anubhv Mohanty sitting at his office, former MP Jay Panda reaching to locals during crisis,” a Kendrapara local said at Tinimuhani Square.
