Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Odisha afternoon on Saturday and unveiled projects worth Rs 68,400 crore, including the new campus of IIM-Sambalpur, officials said. The prime minister reached the Jharsuguda airport around 1 pm, and headed to the IIM-Sambalpur campus where CM Naveen Patnaik, Governor Raghubar Das and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan joined him
Besides the Rs 400-crore campus, Modi also unveiled infrastructure projects worth Rs 68,000 crore. These projects span sectors such as power, roads and railways. Modi addressed a public meeting at Remed Ground around 3 pm, before leaving for Guwahati. PM Modi said, "It's a very significant day, today, for the Vikas Yatra of Odisha. I heartily congratulate the people of Odisha for the developmental projects worth around Rs. 70,000 crore dedicated to their state."
On Advani
"Today the country has decided to confer Bharat Ratna on one of its great sons, former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister and Information and Broadcasting Minister of India for many more decades. The service that Lal Krishna Advani has done to the country as a loyal, conscious parliamentarian is incomparable. This honor of Advani ji is a symbol of the fact that the nation never forgets those who spend their lives in the service of the nation. It was my good fortune. That I have been continuously receiving the love and guidance of Lal Krishna Advani ji. I wish Lal Krishna Advani a long life."
