Bhubaneswar, April 12 -- The ruling BJD seems to have lost its charm after popular cine actors- Akash Dasnayak, Sidhant Mohapatra, Arindam Roy and Anubhav Mohanty quit the party and joined the BJP ahead of the crucial 2024 elections in Odisha.

Though campaigning is already intensifying, BJD is now worried about how to gather crowds during its rallies and programmes. Hence, the ruling BJD has started to poach cine actors, actresses and comedians from Ollywood.

The BJD is almost left with no major crowd puller in the form of celebrities and actors after four of its popular faces deserted the party and switched camps in a short span of time.

These leaders were engaged by the party either by giving tickets or using them as star campaigners...