As the political atmosphere heats up ahead of the Nuapada byelection, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) released their respective lists of campaigners on Thursday. While the BJP’s star campaigners’ list included two Chief Ministers, three Deputy CMs and as many Union ministers, who will campaign for party candidate Jay Dholakia, BJD’s campaigners’ list included many MPs and MLAs.

The saffron party Thursday submitted a list of its star campaigners with the Election Commission (EC), which includes names of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, his Chhattisgarh counterpart Vishnu Deo Sai, three Union ministers — Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Jual Oram —, among others. Seven other senior BJP leaders from Chhattisgarh will also camp

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