While the agenda for the CEC’s meeting with the BLOs has not been disclosed, sources mentioned on Friday that Kumar is expected to connect with some of the officers to assess their sentiments before the launch of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) initiative for electoral rolls in the state.
Official sources indicated that there are more than 45,000 BLOs across the state, and Kumar will address approximately 700 of them at the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) auditorium at 3 pm on Monday.
BLOs play a crucial role in the SIR process, as they will distribute and collect enumeration forms (EF) from voters through house-to-house outreach.
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Kumar is expected to arrive in Odisha on Saturday morning, where he will visit Puri to offer prayers at the Shree Jagannath Temple before heading to the Konark Sun Temple, an official confirmed on Friday.
His schedule for Sunday includes visits to the heritage village Raghurajpur, Dhauli Shanti Stupa, Khandagiri and Udayagiri caves, and the Mukteswar temple.
He is set to leave Bhubaneswar later that night, as per the official.
