<p>Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah is scheduled to pay a two-day visit to Odisha from Friday, during which he will attend official meetings.</p>.<p>Shah will reach the Biju Patnaik International Airport here at 10.40 pm on Friday and launch a national highway project the next day, officials said.</p>.<p>He is also slated to attend meetings on left-wing extremism and disaster management on Saturday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to attend the meeting, they said.</p>.<p>There is, however, no official confirmation about a possible meeting between Shah and Patnaik.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/amit-shah-expresses-sadness-over-thane-accident-says-ndrf-teams-engaged-in-relief-rescue-work-1242790.html">Amit Shah expresses sadness over Thane accident, says NDRF teams engaged in relief, rescue work</a></strong></p>.<p>But Shah is scheduled to attend a meeting at the airport lounge before leaving for the national capital on Saturday evening, the officials said but did not specify who would be present in it.</p>.<p>The union minister’s sudden visit and his review meetings on left-wing extremism and disaster management assume significance as these will take place after the ruling BJD announced its support to the Delhi Ordinance Bill and its opposition to the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government.</p>.<p>Shah’s visit to Odisha on June 17 was cancelled in view of the Biparjoy cyclone in Gujarat. He will go to the BJP state party office here during his two-day visit and hold a closed-door meeting with the party functionaries till 5 pm on Saturday.</p>
<p>Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah is scheduled to pay a two-day visit to Odisha from Friday, during which he will attend official meetings.</p>.<p>Shah will reach the Biju Patnaik International Airport here at 10.40 pm on Friday and launch a national highway project the next day, officials said.</p>.<p>He is also slated to attend meetings on left-wing extremism and disaster management on Saturday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to attend the meeting, they said.</p>.<p>There is, however, no official confirmation about a possible meeting between Shah and Patnaik.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/amit-shah-expresses-sadness-over-thane-accident-says-ndrf-teams-engaged-in-relief-rescue-work-1242790.html">Amit Shah expresses sadness over Thane accident, says NDRF teams engaged in relief, rescue work</a></strong></p>.<p>But Shah is scheduled to attend a meeting at the airport lounge before leaving for the national capital on Saturday evening, the officials said but did not specify who would be present in it.</p>.<p>The union minister’s sudden visit and his review meetings on left-wing extremism and disaster management assume significance as these will take place after the ruling BJD announced its support to the Delhi Ordinance Bill and its opposition to the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government.</p>.<p>Shah’s visit to Odisha on June 17 was cancelled in view of the Biparjoy cyclone in Gujarat. He will go to the BJP state party office here during his two-day visit and hold a closed-door meeting with the party functionaries till 5 pm on Saturday.</p>