Bhubaneswar, June 28 -- Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik raised concerns over the "inordinate delay" in pulling the Nandighosha chariot on Saturday.

Some people experienced suffocation and reportedly fell unconscious due to high humidity during the Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri on Friday.

Taking to 'X', the Biju Janata Dal chief stated that he doesn't want to "point fingers or blame" the administration for the delay in pulling the Nandighosha chariot, but it is "impossible" to "voice" deep concern and anguish on how the things unfolded during the most sacred event in Odisha.

"We aren't here to point fingers or blame the administration for yesterday's inordinate delay in pulling the Nandighosha chariot. But it's impossible not ...