Union Minister Smriti Irani to campaign for BJP in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, May 24: Union Minister Smriti Irani is set to arrive in Odisha on Saturday as part of the fourth phase of election campaigning to bolster the BJP's electoral prospects. Golak Mohapatra, the party's vice president, disclosed that she will conduct public meetings in Kujanga (Paradip), Aul (Kendrapada), and Remuna (Balasore), focusing on the Subhadra Yojana initiated by the BJP.

Under the Subhadra Yojana, the BJP has pledged to provide a cash voucher of Rs 50,000 to each woman member of a family within two years of the BJP government assuming power in the state. National BJP president JP Nadda has urged the party's mahila morcha (women's wing) members to extensively publicize the scheme.

Additionally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is anticipated to visit the state on May 29 to address two election rallies in the Balasore and Kendrapada Parliamentary constituencies.

The polling is scheduled to take place in the Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, and Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituencies, along with the Assembly segments within them, on June 1.