The BJP’s Shree Jagannath Sanskruti Suraksha Yatra was given a rousing welcome here on Thursday evening.Addressing a meeting held on the occasion, senior party leader Bijay Mohapatra lambasted the State Government over the Puri lords’ Brahma Parivartan fiasco.“The State Government has failed in managing Shreemandir rituals properly. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Government officials are responsible for the inordinate delay occurred in conduct of Brahma Partivartan rituals,” Mohapatra alleged.
He also slammed the Government stating that project works for Nabakalebar are moving at a snail’s pace. He too stated that the State administration is also responsible for the disrespect shown to the Puri Shankaracharya and the Gajapati Maharaja by certain quarters.The chariot, which reached here coming from Nilgiri, was received in a grand manner from the FM Golai and brought in a procession to the Cinema Square where the meeting was held.
Among others, former Rajya Sabha MP Rudranarayan Pany, Pratap Sarangi, Baleswar district BJP president Madan Mohan Dutta and Remuna MlA Gobind Chandra Das spoke.They demanded resignation of law Minister Arun Sahoo and SJTA Chief Administrator Suresh Mohapatra.They too demanded that the Chief Minister tender an apology to people of the State for the Shreemandir irregularities and resign on moral ground.