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Will take favourable action on Yatra: Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday said that it will take favourable action as legally permissible when the writ petition on holding of Puri Rath Yatra is taken up for hearing before the Supreme Court on Monday.
The statement of the government came a day after Puri Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, who is also the chairman of temple managing committee, wrote to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik requesting that Rath Yatra in Puri may be held without congregation of devotees.
“The state government will take favourable action as legally permissible on the request of Gajapati Maharaj when the writ petition W.P.(C) No. 571 of 2020 is taken up for hearing before the Hon’ble Supreme Court,” said a press statement of Law department.
It said that the stand of the state government in the hearing before the apex court was primarily related to thousands of Rath Yatras taking place all over the state. (IANS)

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