Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Thursday announced a team of 40 star campaigners to rally support for its candidate Jay Dholakia in the upcoming Nuapada Assembly by-election in Odisha

The list includes Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Jual Oram and Ashwini Vaishnaw and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, besides state BJP president Manmohan Samal and popular film stars Sidhant Mohapatra and Anubhav Mohanty, signalling the party’s high-stakes approach to the contest. ADVERTISEMENT

Besides Sai, seven other BJP leaders from Chhattisgarh feature in the list – Arun Sao, Brijmohan Agrawal, Guru Khushwant Saheb, Roopkumari Choudhary, Anuj Sharma, Rohit Sahu, and Yogeshwar Raju Sinha.

Odisha BJP prabharis Sunil Bansal, Vijay Pal Singh Tomar and Lata

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