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All three parties on Wednesday submitted their list of star campaigners to the chief electoral officer (CEO). Bhubaneswar: From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to BJP president Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath to actor-turned-politician Hema Malini, the BJP has lined up an array of star campaigners for the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state. Apart from Shibu and Hemant, the JMM has named Champai Soren, Stephen Marandi and Kalinga Jeshari Jena among the campaigners. Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati will do the star turn for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) while former Jharkhand chief ministers Shibu Soren and his son Hemant will be campaigining for Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). While the BJP and BSP lists have as many as 40 leaders each, the JMM named 20 people as its star campaigners.The BJP names include Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Raghubar Das, Smriti Irani, Sivraj Singh Chauhan, Dharmendra Pradhan and Jual Oram while celebrities like Aparajita Mohanty, Mihir Das, Mahasweta Ray, Anu Chaudhury and Pinky Pradhan will also be seen campaigning..