Kolkata, May 5 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dismissed the Odisha government's allegations that leftover timber intended for Puri's Jagannath Dham Temple was used to carve deities for the Jagannath Temple in Digha, East Midnapore.
The reaction comes after Odisha's Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Friday asked Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator Arabinda Padhee to conduct an internal investigation into the alleged use of surplus wood from the Puri shrine for idol construction at the Jagannath temple complex in Digha, West Bengal.
"Why are you so jealous? It is being said that I stole neem wood. Let me tell you that I have four neem trees at my own home only! To suggest that Mama...