New Delhi [India]: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian, a close aide of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, said that the issue of missing keys of the Ratna Bhandar of Lord Jagannath Temple has been raised by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders. Election period but it has not yielded electoral benefits. In an interview with ANI, VK Pandian, who is also the president of 5T, Odisha, said that the BJD government is very transparent on the issue and the Ratna Bhandar will be opened soon at the time of Rath Yatra. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised the issue of the keys to the Ratna Bhandar of Lord Jagannath Temple which went missing six years ago, BJD leader Pandian said, "The matter (missing keys) is under investigation by the Orissa High Court Which had formed a committee. The committee has decided to open the Ratna Bhandar during the Rath Yatra, at that time it will be opened and when the investigation is completed then everything will be known to the people.Pandian further explained that the Ratna Bhandar and other temple affairs are managed by a committee headed by Gajapati Maharaj, who is not a political figure or official, "The Ratna Bhandar is the treasury of Lord Jagannath, it has not been opened since the 1980s. It has been more than 40 years that there should be an opportunity to open the gem store and the temple affairs are managed by Gajapati Maharaj. They have hereditary rights, and they manage the affairs of the temple, so nothing has been opened for 40 years. Everyone in Odisha will know when the gem store is going to open.There will be a series of rituals to decide when and how it will open,'' he said. The BJD leader also said that the current Chhattisgarh governor, Vishwabhusa Harichandan, who held the charge of the law ministry in alliance with BJ (2004-2009) He also said that Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal, who is also a minister, never raised any issue related to the issue at that time. It's been 40 years since no one has opened it. Chief Minister Patnaik took charge in 2000.'' He said, ''This is an issue which has always been sensationalized during the 2019 elections, in the by-elections and also in the Panchayat elections. BJP lost all the districts. If you think that these things can bring electoral success, then this is history. "The government has been very transparent and it is within the ambit of the High Court," he said on Prime Minister Modi's question on whether the missing keys might have been sent to Tamil Nadu (the birthplace of VK Pandian). “On a personal level, I am saddened that Lord Jagannath and my relationship with him are being questioned for political purposes,” he said.This is completely baseless and extremely unfortunate. He has given a political statement. He said, "I will leave its decision to Lord Jagannath and will surrender before Lord Jagannath." Earlier, Prime Minister Modi had said that the keys of Ratna Bhandar have been lost for the last 6 years. Vowing to resolve the issue, PM Modi said that if BJP comes to power in the state, he will make public the report of the committee formed to look into the matter. After temple officials were unable to find the keys to the gem repository, CM Patnaik ordered a judicial inquiry to inspect the condition of its structure as directed by the Orissa High Court in 2018. The commission submitted a 324-page report the same year.The Bharatiya Janata Party in November last year reiterated its demand for reopening of the Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of Lord Jagannath temple, Puri, for repairs and inventory of valuables stored in the treasury.