The ‘star’ boom in the Odisha politics continued with Ollywood actor Pintu Nanda joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. Nanda joined the party in the presence of its State president KV Singh Deo at the party office here. He said he is inspired by the ideology of the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narandra Modi and would work for development of the people in the State.
It may be noted that Ollywood actor Sritam Das and actress Pinki Pradhan had joined the BJP a few days back.Nanda is the latest in a fast-lengthening list of Ollywood actors taking political plunge in the last few days.
It all started with Anubhav Mohanty, the biggest catch so far, joining the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) some weeks ago amid speculations that he might be fielded as the ruling party’s candidate in the Cuttack lok Sabha constituency.
He was soon followed into the BJD fold by Pappu Pom Pom, the popular film and television comedian. On the other side of the political divide, yesteryear stars Bijay Mohanty and Aparajita Mohanty, joined the Congress.