Patnaik may address the public on the day before joining the Jan Sampark Padyatra briefly

xBhubaneswar: After keeping himself away from public events for several months due to health issues, opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik is all set to reappear in public on his 79th birthday on October 16 and join the party's annual Jan Sampark Padyatra.On the day, Odisha's five-time chief minister is scheduled to lead the party's march at Ganga Nagar Palli under Ekamra-Bhubaneswar assembly segment, said BJD's Bhubaneswar district president Ashok Panda. In a statement, the regional outfit appealed to people to join the BJD's march. During the annual and month-long padyatra programme, the BJD, while in power, used to highlight the state's welfare schemes among people. Now in Opposition for the

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