Bhubaneswar, April 5 -- Puri: As Pipili Assembly Constituency is gearing up for a fierce electoral battle on April 17, the campaign trail heated up with the announcement that BJD supremo and CM Naveen Patnaik will soon be arriving in the segment to campaign for party candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy.

The decision was announced by the BJD observer for Pipili By-election and Rajya Sabha member Pratap Deb after a meeting at his residence on Monday.

With a hope that the news of CM Naveen campaigning for Maharathy will instill confidence and boost morale of the BJD workers, Pratap Deb said, "Our candidate has been doing rounds in the constituency and already completed almost 70% of the area. And as far as CM Naveen Patnaik is concerned, he h...