President leaves for Visakhapatnam
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 : After a two-day visit to Odisha President Ramanath Kovind left for Visakhapatnam by a special Indian Airforce plane at 1635hrs on Sunday. The President arrived at Biju Patnaik International Airport from Puri at 1625hrs and left for Visakhapatnam at 1635hrs. Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan were at the airport to see him off. Chief Secretary S C Mohapatra, DGP S K Bansal, Twin City Police Commissioner Soumendra Priyadarshi, Collector Khordha Sangram Keshari Mohapatra and other senior officials were present. The President arrived in Odisha on Saturday on a two-day visit to the state to attend the 150th advent commemoration of the founder of Goudiya Mission Srila Bhakti Sidhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada at Puri.(UNI)