By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP on Tuesday wrote a letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik demanding to open Ratna Bhandar of Shri Lord Jagannath Temple in pilgrimage city of Puri.
In a letter to Chief Minister Patnaik, Leader of Oppositions in State Assembly, Pradipta Kumar Naik also demanded that a proper audit should be carried out to count the century old precious ornaments.
“Like 4.5 crore Odias, I too feel very hurt as 1.5 years have been passed so far, no whereabouts of the key of Ratna Bhandar’s inner room,” Naik stated in his letter adding key missing was reported in June 2018 while after 16 months, nothing has happened.
“I am demanding a proper audit of the ornaments without any further delay,” the senior BJP MLA said.