By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Minister of State for Home and Sports, Tusharkanti Behera was on Tuesday welcomed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who arrived in Odisha on a three-day visit.
Banerjee arrived at Biju Patnaik International Airport where she was received by Odisha’s Minister Behera. Soon after landing, she left for Puri by road with a police escort.She is scheduled to meet Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on March 23.
Banerjee will stay in Puri for the next two nights. On March 22, she will visit Shree Jagannath Temple in the afternoon to offer prayers, said Puri District Collector Samarth Verma.
The Puri district administration has made security arrangements for the West Bengal Chief Minister, as per the protocol, Superintendent of Police K.V. Singh said.
Banerjee will also lay the foundation stone for construction of a Bhakta Niwas for West Bengal devotees in Puri. On March 23, before taking the return flight to Kolkata from Bhubaneswar, she is very likely to meet Patnaik. However, Odisha CMO is yet to confirm it.
