The\u00a0Odisha\u00a0Assembly witnessed repeated adjournments today amid an uproar by the\u00a0Congress\u00a0and the\u00a0BJP\u00a0members over ritual management at Shree\u00a0Jagannath\u00a0Temple in\u00a0Puri.<\/p>\n
As soon as the House assembled for the day, the Congress\u00a0and the\u00a0BJP\u00a0legislators rose on their feet to protest against what they alleged was a “disruption in temple service” yesterday.<\/p>\n
As repeated pleas to allow proceedings during the Question Hour were ignored, the\u00a0speaker\u00a0adjourned the House till 11.30 am.<\/p>\n
When the members reassembled, the issue cropped up once again during the Zero Hour with the opposition members creating a fresh ruckus in the Assembly.<\/p>\n
Unable to run the House, the\u00a0speaker\u00a0adjourned the proceedings again till 12.50 pm.<\/p>\n
As the deadlock continued in the House, the\u00a0Speaker\u00a0announced adjournment for the third time till 3pm and called for an all-party meeting to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n
In the post-lunch session, the Assembly witnessed at least two more adjournments.<\/p>\n
The disruption of rituals since yesterday at Shri\u00a0Jagannath\u00a0temple was condemnable “as both the lord and the devotees were deprived of Mahaprasad”,\u00a0Leader\u00a0of Opposition Narasingha Mishra\u00a0told reporters outside the House.<\/p>\n
Alleging negligence on the part of the ruling dispensation, Mishra said the government should have held consultations with the servitors’ bodies in this regard.<\/p>\n
The incident has “hurt the sentiments of the devotees, not just in\u00a0Odisha\u00a0but across the world”, senior\u00a0BJP\u00a0legislator\u00a0Pradip Purohit\u00a0claimed.<\/p>\n
Official\u00a0sources said a row between the servitors and Shree\u00a0Jagannath\u00a0Temple Administration (SJTA) had led to the impasse yesterday.<\/p>\n
The servitors staged a sit-in outside the temple, seeking compensation for the losses incurred due to wastage of ‘Mahaprasad’ following the delay in ritual observation.<\/p>\n
Voicing concern over the situation, the\u00a0chief whip\u00a0of BJD government, Amar Prasad Satpathy, clarified that the state government is “fully aware” of the situation and necessary steps will be taken to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.<\/p>\n
The issues related to Lord\u00a0Jagannath\u00a0“should not be politicized”, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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