Bhubaneswar:Condemning the remark made by BJP leader and Puri MP candidate Sambit Patra on Lord Jagannath, BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today appealed to the BJP to keep the Lord above any political discourse.
Taking this issue to social media site X, Shri Patnaik said, “Mahaprabhu Shree Jagannatha is the Lord of Universe. Calling Mahaprabhu a bhakt of another human being is an insult to the Lord. This has hurt the sentiments and demeaned the faith of crores of Jagannatha bhaktas and Odias across the world.”
The Lord is the greatest Symbol of Odia Asmita. Calling Mahaprabhu a bhakt of another human being is totally condemnable, he said.
“I strongly denounce the statement made by the BJP Puri Lok Sabha candidate and I appeal to the BJP to keep the Lord above any political discourse. By this you have deeply hurt Odia Asmita and this will be remembered and condemned by people of Odisha for a very long time,” the BJD Chief said.
Notably, Dr.Patra while speaking to media persons after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Puri, said that Mahaprabhu Jagannath is the devotee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Not only Dr.Patra, many senior leaders starting from Narendra Modi to Union Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda have been contentiously attacking the BJD government raising Ratna Bhandar issue and Puri Parikrama project.