Bhubaneswar, May 15 -- Veteran Hindi film actress and BJP leader Hema Malini is scheduled to hit the campaign trail for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha on May 17.

Hema Malini, the Lok Sabha MP from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, will campaign for BJP in the capital city here, Kishannagar area of Cuttack district and Pipli area of Puri district on May 17.

This would be the first visit of the veteran actress, popularly known by the sobriquet of 'Dream Girl', to Odisha to canvass for the BJP for the twin polls in the state.

Similarly, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is scheduled to campaign for the BJP in Odisha for two days starting May 17.

Vaishnaw, who is also a BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, will canvass for the...