While the third-phase polling is nearing, BJD Khordha Assembly candidate Jyotirindra Nath (Jitu) Mitra has intensified his campaigning from panchayat to municipality levels.
Mitra is holding road shows, attending roadside meetings and meeting people at doorsteps.
On Tuesday, a huge bike rally moved from Mukundaprasad fairground through the city.
He moved in all 22 wards in the city. Cine stars Raimohan Parida and Jyotismita Samal (Lina) and TV actor Chandan were the main attraction. Raimohan urged voters to vote for Mitra and help in making Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister for the fifth time.
BJP district vice-president Bibhu Prasad Sahu and town president Dillip Kumar Hota joined hands with Mitra. Among others, BJD district vice-president Manoj Kumar Pradhan, district general secretaries Rudra Nath Rath and Amit Kumar Pradhan,
Monoj Pradhan, Tutu Baliarsingh, Saigh Kabir, Ansur Rehman, Dillip Pani, Manoj Sasmal and all BJD-supported Sarapanch, Samiti Members and 19 Councillors of the Khordha Municipality participated.