Rahul Gandhi had said, "The BJP and the RSS have captured every single institution of our country. We are now fighting, the BJP, the RSS and the Indian state itself."
Justice Panigrahi of Orissa High Court asked the chief secretary to send a circular to the state's government and private medical institutes and hospitals requiring doctors to write the names of medications clearly.
The centuries-old practice began to witness a decline with the abolition of kingship and the Odisha government taking over the administration of the shrine from the Puri royal family in 1955 through an Act, thus making Parasmani the last surviving servitor.
"The lands, which are occupied or are under the possession of various persons since long but belongs to Shree Jagannatha Mahaprabhu; are being settled by Temple Committee as per the “Unified Policy”, framed for the purpose in the year 2003," the Temple administration stated.