Members of the Odisha Suraksha Sena on Monday staged a demonstration alleging that the State Government has unnecessarily been interfering in the day-to-day affairs of the Shree Mandir and disrespecting Puri Govardhan Peeth Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati. They too burnt an effigy of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration chief Suresh Mohapatra.
“The State Government’s continued interference in the rituals of Hindu religion has caused creation of controversial situation and damaged the Hindu samaj as well,” alleged sena activists. They demanded that the Chief Administrator post of the SJTA be repealed soon and the State Government desist from interfering into religion matters. The activists also threatened that they would expedite agitation if the image and dignity of the Shankaracharya is no uphold by the Government. Among others, sena president Girija Prasanna Das, secretary Gajendra Behera, Srikant Pakal, Nityananda Behera, Manoj Senapaty, Bidyadhar Nayak and Subhendu Ray were present.