{"id":324180,"date":"2020-06-22T14:52:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=324180"},"modified":"2020-06-22T14:52:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:52:57","slug":"amit-shah-hails-supreme-court-ruling-permitting-puri-rath-yatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/amit-shah-hails-supreme-court-ruling-permitting-puri-rath-yatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Amit Shah hails Supreme Court ruling permitting Puri Rath Yatra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-324182 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/puri-rath-yatra-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/puri-rath-yatra-2.jpg 617w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/puri-rath-yatra-2-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/>Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hailed the Supreme Court ruling on the Puri Rath Yatra. \u201cToday is a special day for all of us, particularly our Odia sisters and brothers as well as devotees of Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath Ji. The entire nation is delighted by the decision of the Honourable Supreme Court to ensure the Rath Yatra goes on,\u201d he tweeted<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He further said, \u201cIt makes me, as well as crores of devotees across India happy that Prime Minister Narendra Modi not only understood the sentiment of the devotees but also initiated consultations which ensured that the great traditions of our land are observed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Amit Shah said urgent consultations were held with concerned authorities to resolve the issue. \u201cLast evening, as per the instructions of the Prime Minister, I spoke to Gajapati Maharaj Ji (The King of Puri) and the respected Shankaracharya Ji of Puri and sought their views on the Yatra. This morning, on PM\u2019s instructions, I also spoke to the Solicitor General,\u201d he said<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cConsidering the urgency and importance of the matter, it was placed in front of a vacation bench of the Supreme Court and the hearing took place this afternoon, which paved the way for the important decision by the SC,\u201d said the Union Home Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cCongratulations to the people of Odisha. \u091c\u092f \u091c\u0917\u0928\u094d\u0928\u093e\u0925!,\u201d said Amit Shah.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hailed the Supreme Court ruling on the Puri Rath Yatra. \u201cToday is a special day for all of us, particularly our Odia sisters and brothers as well as devotees of Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath Ji. The entire nation is delighted by the decision of the Honourable Supreme Court to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":324182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2089,2916,2014],"tags":[1194,2174,13129],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324183,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324180\/revisions\/324183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/324182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}