Bhubaneswar, July 20 -- Accusing the BJP government of failing to properly manage the world-famous Rath Yatra in Puri and attempting to cover up the resulting deaths of devotees, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday demanded a judicial inquiry into the tragedy and called for the removal of Health Minister Dr. Mukesh Mahaling and Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan from the State Cabinet.
Addressing a press conference here, BJD State Vice-President and former Minister Sanjay Kumar Das Burma and the party's media coordinator and spokesperson Dr. Lenin Mohanty launched a sharp attack on the State government over its handling of the festival.
Das Burma said the tragedy had deeply shocked millions of Lord Jagannath's devotees across the world a...