Bhubaneswar, Dec 28 : Five Ministers of Odisha on Wednesday invited six Chief Ministers on behalf of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 scheduled to be held at Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar and Birsa Munda International Stadium Rourkela from January 13 to 29.
Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin at Chennai and Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangaswaswamy at Puducherry.
He personally handed the invitation to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inviting them to the Hockey
World Cup.
Rangaswami said the people of Jagannath Dham need no appointment or protocol to meet him and thanked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the invitation.
Science and Technology Minister Ashok Chandra Panda met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in Delhi and personally handed over the invitation to Patnaik to him.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister expressed his admiration for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
ST/SC Minister Jagannath Saraka met Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemanta Soren at Ranchi and handed over the Invitation of Patnaik to him to attend the World Cup Hockey.
Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Delhi and State Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Mallik Met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at Patna and gave them the invitation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the World Cup hockey.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has decided to invite all Chief Ministers of the country to the
World Cup Hockey.