PM greeted at airport over brief stopover
   Date :03-Apr-2019

 
Staff Reporter RAIPUR,
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a brief stopover at the Swami Vivekanand Airport here in Raipur before proceeding on a campaign tour of the neighbouring Odisha. The Prime Minister arrived at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur around 10.05 am by a special aircraft and was there for a few minutes before he headed for Kalahandi in Odisha, a state BJP spokesperson said. He was welcomed by Chhattisgarh’s former Chief Minister and BJP National Vice-President Raman Singh, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Dharamlal Kaushik, former state minister Rajesh Munat, Raipur MP Ramesh Bais and other party leaders. The Prime Minister later left for Kalahandi at around 10.10 am by a helicopter of the Indian Air Force. While returning from Odisha later in the day, Modi again arrived at the Raipur airport and left after a brief break in journey, the spokesperson said.