A political now erupted in Odisha after Sambit Patra, the BJP candidate from Puri Lok Sabha constituency, referred to Lord Jagannath as a bhakt, or devotee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, prompting chief minister Naveen Patnaik to hit out at Patra and his party, underlining that referring to Lord Jagannath as a “bhakt of another human being is an insult to the Lord”. Puri BJP candidate Sambit Patra ignited a controversy with his comment that Lord Jagannath, the presiding deity of Puri, “is Modi’s bhakt” In a post on X soon after, Patra said it was a slip of the tongue. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! The controversial remark was made when Sambit Patra was giving statements at the end of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in the temple town of Puri on Monday. PM Modi arrived in Puri from Bhubaneswar around 7:30am on Monday and went to the Jagannath Temple where he prayed before Lord Jagannath and his siblings …