India, May 12 -- The suspension of Ramakrishna Dasmohapatra, a senior Daitapati (servitor) at the Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri on Sunday, has triggered a row in Bengal with the state's ruling Trinamool Congress accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the action because the servitor was part of the ceremony to open the Jagannath temple in Bengal's Digha.

"Priests at Hindu temples are above political interference. Rajesh Daitapati's only fault seems to be his presence at a temple built by Mamata Banerjee. This action is a proof of the BJP's narrow thinking," TMC spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumdar said.

Majumdar said "the unjust disciplinary action against a high ranking servitor is clearly a manifestation of the political diktat...