BJD set to rope in Ollywood stars for campaigning

By Prasanta Kumar Sprint

Bhubaneswar, April 13: At a time when the political events are making ready for the largest democratic warfare, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha, which has been ruling over the state for the final 24 years, is meticulously planning to win the elections to type authorities for sixth consecutive time within the state.

Apart from the standard methods of marketing campaign, the BJD is once more going to lure voters with the assistance of ace Ollywood stars, who will canvass in favour of the occasion.

The event concerning entrusting extra actors, comedians and You-Tubers for the election marketing campaign of BJD got here to fore on Friday when various main movie artists have been invited to the Naveen Niwas.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik interacted with the Odia film actors, actresses, and singers and sought their help on selling wide-spread developmental packages of the Odisha authorities on the grass-root degree, throughout the election marketing campaign. Common artists together with Babushan Mohanty, Amlan Das, actress Lipsa Mishra and Ollywood fame Bhumika amongst different attended the assembly.

The actors and actresses mentioned that discussions have been held on propagating the developmental targets set for Odisha from 2024 to 2034 that are scheduled to be showcased to the folks throughout the ballot campaigns.

Nevertheless, some eminent faces of the BJD who have been hitting the marketing campaign path within the earlier elections in 2019 and 2014 have left the occasion. Odia movie star Anubhab Mohanty not too long ago left the BJD. He joined the BJP.

Odia actor Sidhant Mohapatra who was a two-time BJD MP from the Berhampur LS constituency additionally joined the BJP as he was not fielded from his aspiring seat this time. Mohapatra had made a better entry to the ruling BJD as a movie star. Similalrly, Akash Dasnayak who was as soon as upon a time elected as Korei MLA additionally left BJD and joined the BJP. His entry to the state BJD, had begun from ballot marketing campaign to affect folks throughout the state in favour of the ruling occasion.

Odia movie star Arindam Roy, who was a craze among the many younger voters throughout the BJD marketing campaign path within the earlier elections, joined the BJP. 

Earlier, Munna Khan, an ace Odia movie actor got here related to the BJD and step by step groomed himself as a frontline chief of the occasion. With incomes credibility, he was appointed because the Chairperson of Odisha Movie Growth Company (OFDC) who was later nominated because the MP for Rajya Sabha. Subsequently, Cine and Tele actor Satyabrata Tripathy, popularly referred to as Kuna Tripathy campaigned throughout the Bijepur by-poll. He was appointed because the OFDC Chairman. Equally, Tattwaprakash Satpathy, popularly identified amongst viewers as Papu Pom Pom joined the BJD. Together with his rising recognition, the occasion had given a MLA ticket to Papu from the Champua Meeting constituency, although he misplaced the election. 

Sources mentioned, the BJD goes to embody extra singers, actors and entertaining artistes to the electoral battleground this time to counter the BJP, which has Anubhab Mohanty, Sidhant Mohapatra amongst different actors.