Odisha CM not to celebrate Holi for Pulwama massacre

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will not celebrate Holi tomorrow as a mark of respect to the martyrs Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

Patnaik has also requested to all his well-wishers not to visit his residence (Naveen Niwas) here, an official communication issued in this regard said.

It may be recalled here that a suicide bomber of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14.