By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Governor, Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, State BJP President Manmohan Samal and Members of State Cabinet were on Wednesday evening given a rousing welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on arrival at Biju Patnaik International Airport here.
A large crowd gathered to welcome PM Modi in a traditional way and later PM escorted to Raj Bhawan for night halt.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister will remotely flag-off the inaugural journey of the Pravasi Bharatiya Express, a special Tourist Train for the Indian diaspora, which will depart from the Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi and would travel to multiple destinations of touristic and religious importance in India for a period of three weeks. The Pravasi Bharatiya Express will be conducted under the Pravasi Teertha Darshan Yojana of the Ministry of External Affairs.