By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: No doubt, all did their part. But a very few discussing about the 5 , who were given additional charge by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for Lord Jagannath’s Historic Chariots Festival amid COVID-19 outbreak and Supreme Court’s restrictions minimising public gathering in Odisha’s pilgrimage city of Puri.
CM Naveen Patnaik had asked Ministers Tusharkanta Behera, Pratap Jena, Naba Das, Sameer Das and Planning Board deputy chairman and BJD General Secretary (Headquarters) Sanjay Dasburma to remain in Puri till the end of Rath Yatra and they did it.
With the Adharapana ritual will be held on Friday followed by Niladri Bije all set to complete smoothly , Naveen Patnaik’s Fighter-5 getting praise in social media.
The official said like Suna Besha, Adharapana ritual will also be performed with strict maintenance of social distancing for coronavirus pandemic. Lord Jagannath’s Golden Attire, one of the rare Annual Vesha of the Deities also held peacefully.
While Ministers Tusharkanta Behera, Samir Dash and Planning Board deputy chairman and BJD General Secretary (Headquarters) Sanjay Dasburma were from Puri and Pratap Jena, Naba Das from Cuttack an Jharsuguda respectively.
