Bhubaneswar, July 11 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today accused the BJP-led Odisha government of misleading the public regarding the enumeration of ornaments stored in the Ratna Bhandar of the Shree Jagannath Temple.

Addressing a press conference, BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty alleged that the "double engine" BJP government has been deceiving the people of the state for over a year in the name of conducting an inventory of the Ratna Bhandar.

"It is highly unfortunate that state Law Minister, Prithviraj Harichandan, has now stated that the enumeration process will take another three months," Mohanty said.

He criticised the Minister's statement that the Reserve Bank of India's assistance has been sought for the inventory process, calling ...