<p>Bhubaneswar: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will address a mega rally in Bhubaneswar on January 29.</p><p>State Congress president Sarat Pattanayak on Saturday said the party was making all efforts to make Kharge's visit to Odisha a "grand success".</p><p>He said the 'Odisha Bachho Samabesh' will be held at the Lower PMG Square of the city.</p><p>Kharge's maiden visit to the state as Congress president is expected to give an impetus to party workers before the full-fledged campaign for the elections begins, Pattnayak said.</p><p>He claimed that the political situation in the state was "favourable" for the Congress as both the ruling BJD and opposition BJP were "working together".</p>.Congress hopes for a positive change in relations with TMC as Kharge writes to Mamata.<p>As both the BJD and the BJP are "hand in gloves with each other", the Congress is the lone opposition party here, he claimed.</p><p>"Kharge-ji is coming to show the way on how to defeat both the BJD and BJP, and change the political landscape of Odisha," Pattanayak said.</p><p>Apart from addressing the rally, Kharge will meet senior Congress leaders, and representatives of other parties in the opposition bloc INDIA, he said.</p><p>Pattnayak said the Congress president would hold discussions with state party leaders about the route of the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Odisha and also review its preparations.</p>
<p>Bhubaneswar: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will address a mega rally in Bhubaneswar on January 29.</p><p>State Congress president Sarat Pattanayak on Saturday said the party was making all efforts to make Kharge's visit to Odisha a "grand success".</p><p>He said the 'Odisha Bachho Samabesh' will be held at the Lower PMG Square of the city.</p><p>Kharge's maiden visit to the state as Congress president is expected to give an impetus to party workers before the full-fledged campaign for the elections begins, Pattnayak said.</p><p>He claimed that the political situation in the state was "favourable" for the Congress as both the ruling BJD and opposition BJP were "working together".</p>.Congress hopes for a positive change in relations with TMC as Kharge writes to Mamata.<p>As both the BJD and the BJP are "hand in gloves with each other", the Congress is the lone opposition party here, he claimed.</p><p>"Kharge-ji is coming to show the way on how to defeat both the BJD and BJP, and change the political landscape of Odisha," Pattanayak said.</p><p>Apart from addressing the rally, Kharge will meet senior Congress leaders, and representatives of other parties in the opposition bloc INDIA, he said.</p><p>Pattnayak said the Congress president would hold discussions with state party leaders about the route of the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Odisha and also review its preparations.</p>