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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Trophy Tour in Bhubaneswar (IANS Image)
Odisha Chief Minister Patnaik has appointed several ministers in various states and union territories to invite chief ministers for the FIH Hockey Men’s Hockey World Cup to be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29, 2023.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appointed several ministers in different states and union territories to invite chief ministers for the FIH Hockey Men’s Hockey. world Odisha will host the cup for the second time in a row.
Science and technology Minister Ashok Chandra Panda met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in Hyderabad on Wednesday and invited him for the World Cup.
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Panda Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is also going to be invited.
Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow this evening and handed over Patnaik’s invitation to Yogi.
Similarly, Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick extended an invitation to the Chief Minister of Bihar. Nitish Kumar Wednesday evening in Patna.
Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak handed over the invitation to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in Chennai and Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangaswamy in Puducherry.
Rangaswamy said that the people of Jagannath Dham do not need any appointment or protocol to meet him and thanked Naveen Patnaik for the invitation.
Officials said Nayak will also hand over the Chief Minister’s invitation to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Odisha Government’s SC, ST Development Minister Jagannath Sarka met Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi this afternoon and invited Soren for the Hockey World Cup, 2023.
Odisha High education Minister Rohit Pujari met Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal on Tuesday to extend an invitation on behalf of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Oriya Language Literature and Culture Minister Ashwini Kumar Patra will go to Dehradun to invite Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
Officials said that by the first week of January, all chief ministers would be invited to attend the grand sporting event.
Odisha Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera had earlier met Union Ministers Anurag Thakur, Ashwini Vaishnav and Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi and invited them to attend the event.
Hockey World Cup to be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29, 2023
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