All the four doors of Shree Jagannath Temple have been restarted from moment. The gates were opened in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Chief Minister Majhi, both the Deputy Chief Ministers, ministers, BJP MPs and other party leaders first offered prayers to Lord Jagannath with rituals and after the' Mangal Alati' ritual, the four gates were restarted. He also performed' parikrama' of the tabernacle demesne.
A offer to set up a corpus fund for all being requirements of the tabernacle has also been approved. The new BJP government in Odisha has approved the offer in its first press meeting. Opening tabernacle doors was part of BJP's election fiat' A day before, Majhi had said," The state government has decided to open all four gates of Jagannath Puri in the presence of all the ministers. With this, addicts will be suitable to reach the tabernacle from the four gates. Majhi further said that opening the doors of all tabernacles was one of the pledges of the BJP's election fiat.
Addicts are facing difficulties due to the check of the tabernacle. The tabernacle has been closed since the Corona period. The former Biju Janata Dal government had closed all the four gates of the tabernacle since the Corona epidemic and addicts can enter from one gate. For a long time, the addicts had been demanding that all the gates be opened. Rs.500 crore has been allocated for the construction of the tabernacle.
Majhi informed that the press has decided to set up a fund of Rs.500 crore for the protection and conservation of the tabernacle. The Chief Minister said all the ministers had stayed back in the pilgrim city of Puri on Wednesday night and would be present at the tabernacle when the four gates are opened. The MSP of paddy will be increased to Rs.3100 per quintal.
Majhi said that the state government will also take way to increase the minimal support price(MSP) of paddy to Rs.3100 per quintal and the concerned department has been asked to find a result for this. piecemeal from this, a special policy" Samriddhi Krushak Niti Yojana" will be made to deal with the problems of growers including MSP.