Ayodhya verdict: Odisha leaders, police appeal for peace

BHUBANESWAR:

Odisha Police

on Saturday intensified their vigil in communally sensitive areas and were closely monitoring different social media channels in view of the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict. Leaders cutting across party lines appealed to the people to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state.


"We respect the Hon'ble Supreme Court's #AyodhyaVerdict. It reaffirms the secular values of our country. All should join together in harmony and brotherhood to carry out this immensely important judicial order," chief minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted.

Petroleum and steel minister Dharmendra Pradhan appealed to everyone "to accept the verdict with equanimity and maintain communal harmony and peace."

Union minister of state for animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries and MSME, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, too, welcomed the verdict.

"The decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in connection with SriRam

Janmabhumi

dispute is highly welcome. This historic judgement will ever be remembered. This should not be treated as victory or defeat to any party. I appeal to everybody to maintain peace, harmony and brotherhood," Sarangi tweeted.