Shatrughan Sinha, who has persistently courted trouble with his party recently, is included in the list of the BJP's star campaigners for the Bihar assembly elections. The star brigade is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has held four rallies in the state so far that drew huge crowds.


The BJP and its regional allies are not projecting a chief ministerial candidate and are seeking votes for PM Modi and his development agenda.


Also on the list of star campaigners, which every political party must submit to the Election Commission, are party veterans LK Advani and Murli Manihar Joshi and union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh. BJP chief Amit Shah will also campaign for his party in Bihar as will TV-actress-turned-politician Smriti Irani, who is the Union Education Minister. BJP Chief Ministers like Shivraj Singh Chauhan from Madhya Pradesh will also campaign. Read more