The Jagannath Sevayat Sammilani has urged the servitors of the 12th century temple to boycott the Rath Yatra coordination meeting, to be chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on July 3, to protest the alleged attempt to defame them.
The Sammilani put up posters on the walls of the temple today condemning the "repressive" attitude of the Puri collector towards the servitors.
The posters cited a "series of false allegations and anti-servitor" tendency of the Puri collector to "defame" the servitors on several issues including the purported letter received from Rashtrapati Bhawan on the alleged disrespect to Savita Kovind, wife of President Ram Nath Kovind, during their visit to the temple on March 18