Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have released the names of its star campaigners for the bye-election to the Padampur assembly constituency.
Odisha Chief Minister-cum-BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is among the 40 star campaigners of the party. The list includes the names of Pranab Prakash Das, Prasanna Acharya, Debi Prasad Mishra, Ranendra Pratap Swain, Pratap Keshari Deb, and others.
The BJP has also released the names of 40 star campaigners. The list features the names of newly-elected Dhamnagar MLA Suryavanshi Suraj, four union ministers- Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Bisweswar Tudu, Arjun Munda, and others.
