Bhubaneswar, April 13 -- The state unit of BJP today targeted the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over film stars' rush to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's residence ahead of the ensuing twin polls in Odisha.

A large number of Ollywood actors visited Naveen Niwas yesterday on the invitation of the BJD Supremo.

The BJP expressed its surprise over such a move by the BJD terming it as 'tactics to use stars' for poll campaign.

"We heard that the BJD had invited the actors to showcase the achievements of government led by CM Naveen Patnaik in Ollywood in past years," said Ollywood actor-turned-politician and Odisha BJP's Cultural Cell Convenor Pinky Pradhan.

"But we had never seen CM Naveen so much concerned about Odia cinema and its artists during h...