The tent worker had been digging holes on Bada Danda to put up barricades for PM Modi's roadshow. He enthusiastically explained to the visitors the grand transformation and beautification of the Puri temple precincts under Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's Srimandir Heritage Corridor (Parikrama) project. In the same vein, he called upon the group to stay back in Puri after the Lord's darshan to witness the PM's roadshow.
This sums up the mood and the factors in play in the Puri Lok Sabha constituency, one of the most prestigious seats in the state. While the BJD is playing up the temple transformation card to the hilt, the BJP has Modi and Sambit Patra on its scale.
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