Despite being in power for almost 60 years, Congress had failed to provide basic amenities such as gas connections to the most vulnerable and poor in society.
Fans of the elephant allege that the government was interfering with the traditions whereas the government says that it took the decision based on safety concerns.
Broken trees, mobile towers, wretched electric poles and debris lay scattered on roads of Puri and Bhubaneswar as a category 4 cyclone named "Fani" ripped through the Odisha coast in the early hours of 3rd May.