Bhubaneswar, January 28: BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to address a public meeting at Kulia in Cuttack district Tuesday, barely three days after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's visit to Odisha when he had fiercely attacked the saffron party as well Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shah's meeting will cover four Lok Sabha segments-- Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara. These four Lok Sabha seats have 28 assembly segments, said party spokesman Pitamber Acharya on Monday.

He said workers from 2700 polling booths will be attending the meeting.

The BJP president's visit is politically significant as he is expected to counter the allegations made by Congress president Rahul Gandhi at a public meeting at Tomando near Bhubaneswar on January 25. Gandhi had alleged that BJP and BJD continued to have secret alliance and befooling the people of Odisha. He also had charged that the BJP led NDA government was remote controlling Odisha government and its chief minister Naveen Patnaik. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Amit Shah to Kick-Start BJP’s West Bengal Campaign With Rally in Malda.

Shah's visit is also considered important as he is coming to the state after three back-to-back visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 24, January 5 and January 15. General election as well state poll in Odisha are expected to coincide this year. The saffron party has been making a serious efforts to corner a large number of 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha and also overthrow Naveen Patnaik uninterrupted rule since 2000. Amit Shah Denied Permission For Helicopter Landing at Malda Airstrip in West Bengal, Asked to 'Use Hotel Golden Park Ground'.

Meanwhile, BJP Odisha in-chargei Arun Singh said party president Amit Shah will also undertake another tour to Odisha on February 3 and attend the party's ST Morcha meeting at Puri. The two-day convention will begin on February 2. Around 5,000 janjati representatives across the country will participate on the first day of the convention while another one lakh people of Scheduled Tribe community will attend the concluding day of the convention, which will be graced by Shah, Singh said.