Reviving up the issue of missing keys of the inner chamber of Puri Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar ( treasure house), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday charged the ruling Naveen Panaik-led BJD government of avoiding the matter.
Addressing a rally in Odisha’s Kandhamal, PM Modi slammed the BJD government in Odisha of hiding the truth on this matter and promised the people of Odisha that under the BJP government, transparency and the reputation of Shri Ratna Bhandar will be restored.
He said, ‘Seven decades ago, rules were established for the management of the Shri Jagannath Temple. Among these rules was the maintenance of records for all temple assets, including gold, silver and precious stones. The last evaluation of the treasure in Shri Ratna Bhandar took place 45 years ago, revealing an abundance of jewellery and gems deemed priceless. Surprisingly, the inner chamber keys of Shri Ratna Bhandar have been missing for the past 6 years’.
He added, ‘The state government claims to have found duplicate keys, but how and by whom they were made remains unknown. Now the question is why this duplicate key was made ? Does anyone keeps opening and closing it ? Loss of the ley is a serious concern the issue that is much more concerning is the duplicate key’.
‘Despite handing over the investigation to a commission, the Odisha government has not made the report public. The BJP is committed to addressing this issue, and we ask, why is the BJD government avoiding it?’.
The PM said in Kandhamal, ‘What compels the state government to hide the truth? Who are they trying to protect ? Today, I promise the people of Odisha and the nation that under the BJP government, transparency and the reputation of Shri Ratna Bhandar will be restored. This is Modi Ki Guarantee’.
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