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I don’t think he can make any impact in Odisha where chief minister Naveen Patnaik continues to remain popular because of his works,” said MLA and BJD Kalahandi district president Pusendra Singh Deo. “Yogi could not help win the LS seat (Gorakhpur) vacated by him in the by-election after months after he became CM. Odisha assembly with 147 members will go to polls simultaneously with Lok Sabha. He had also campaigned in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh where the BJP lost. BHUBANESWAR: After taking on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in her home state earlier this month, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath will challenge his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik in two public meetings on Wednesday.Yogi will address rallies at Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters of impoverished Kalahandi district, and at Nachuni in Khurda district near the state capital to bolster BJP’s bid to improve its poll prospects in the state..