Narendra Modi offers prayer for Odisha`s boat tragedy victims

Bhubaneswar: BJP`s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Tuesday prayed for the victims of the boat tragedy at Hirakud reservoir in Odisha`s Sambalpur district at his public meeting here.

Modi, however, had no plan to go the accident spot. "No, Modi`s has no plan to visit the boat tragedy site," BJP state president KV Singhdeo said. Modi`s Vijay Sankalpa Samabesh here started with the singing of `Bande Utkal Janani`. The Gujarat Chief Minister arrived at Baramunda ground half an hour behind schedule. The crowd went delirious chanting `Namo`.