BHUBANESWAR: With just a day left for the Supreme Court to take up a raft of petitions seeking a review of its decision to cancel the Rath Yatra, Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati on Sunday said he suspected an “premeditated plan” was afoot to “sabotage” the festival.
The Shankaracharya fell short of naming or blaming anyone directly, but in a video message on Sunday, he expressed displeasure at the apex courts decision to cancel the Rath Yatra in Puri and elsewhere in Odisha because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The SC could have considered the applications on June 20 (Saturday). Now, time is running out and only one day is left for the Rath Yatra. It seems a well-planned design was hatched to stop the Rath Yatra,” the seer said.
Meanwhile, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Sunday filed an application in the Supreme Court, praying for Rath Yatra to be held with restrictions, adding to the raft of pleas already filed regarding the chariot festival in Puri.
“Today I filed an application for clarification/modification of earlier order of SCRead More – Source
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