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		<title>Comment on ORISSA IS RIGHT IN REJECTING NUNâ€™S DEMAND FOR ENQUIRY BY CBI by sriprabhat</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2008/10/26/orissa-is-right/#comment-2416</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Sir,
Your thougtful wise views have always pointed out the level of  sycophancy in Indian politics and its bad influence on Public administration.
To please his party president Sonia Gandhi our Present  union Home minister Mr. Sivraj Patil has misused the good offices of Ministry of Home Affairs on many occassions by sending unnessary warnnings,briefs etc to the State Governments all over the country.In this present case Central Government should not encourage the so called victims to undermine the rule of Law,our federal structure,and the Constitution.
Rather It should help the State Govt. to carry out Rehabilitation work in the violence affected areas .Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Sir,<br />
Your thougtful wise views have always pointed out the level of  sycophancy in Indian politics and its bad influence on Public administration.<br />
To please his party president Sonia Gandhi our Present  union Home minister Mr. Sivraj Patil has misused the good offices of Ministry of Home Affairs on many occassions by sending unnessary warnnings,briefs etc to the State Governments all over the country.In this present case Central Government should not encourage the so called victims to undermine the rule of Law,our federal structure,and the Constitution.<br />
Rather It should help the State Govt. to carry out Rehabilitation work in the violence affected areas .Thank you.</p>
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		<title>Comment on TAKE ACTION AND SAVE SRI JAGANNATH FROM SHOWY RITUALS by Subhas Chandra Pattanayak</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2006/11/06/showy-rituals/#comment-2415</link>
		<dc:creator>Subhas Chandra Pattanayak</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Biren babu,
Yes, I am the same Subhas Chandra Pattanayak.  I am very happy that you have entered into orissamatters.com and given me an opportunity to commence our communication. 

I own every word I have used in this article because I have written it with the responsibility I command and on the basis of determination that research has led me to and in terms of my commitment to the cause of my society.

Nice meeting you online.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Biren babu,<br />
Yes, I am the same Subhas Chandra Pattanayak.  I am very happy that you have entered into orissamatters.com and given me an opportunity to commence our communication. </p>
<p>I own every word I have used in this article because I have written it with the responsibility I command and on the basis of determination that research has led me to and in terms of my commitment to the cause of my society.</p>
<p>Nice meeting you online.</p>
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		<title>Comment on TAKE ACTION AND SAVE SRI JAGANNATH FROM SHOWY RITUALS by Biren Sahoo</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2006/11/06/showy-rituals/#comment-2414</link>
		<dc:creator>Biren Sahoo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is it the same Subash Chandra Pattnaik, the senior reporter and journalist? If it is so, I think this expression is unintentional from you, having known you so well for so many years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it the same Subash Chandra Pattnaik, the senior reporter and journalist? If it is so, I think this expression is unintentional from you, having known you so well for so many years.</p>
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		<title>Comment on TAKE ACTION AND SAVE SRI JAGANNATH FROM SHOWY RITUALS by Biren Sahoo</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2006/11/06/showy-rituals/#comment-2413</link>
		<dc:creator>Biren Sahoo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The title of the article is so grotesque and inappropriate, that I did not feel like going through the contents! Who are you to save Lord Jagannath?? Are you the creator? Are you the provider? Are you the savior? It is utter baloney that you propose to save Lord Jagannath! If you talk about saving a tradition or a practice - it is fine. But for heaven's sake, never ever say you are going to save Jagannath!! This is utter balderdash, or  sounds like a statement from some dipsomaniac in delirium grandiose.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The title of the article is so grotesque and inappropriate, that I did not feel like going through the contents! Who are you to save Lord Jagannath?? Are you the creator? Are you the provider? Are you the savior? It is utter baloney that you propose to save Lord Jagannath! If you talk about saving a tradition or a practice - it is fine. But for heaven&#8217;s sake, never ever say you are going to save Jagannath!! This is utter balderdash, or  sounds like a statement from some dipsomaniac in delirium grandiose.</p>
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		<title>Comment on WHERE HAS NAVIN LANDED ORISSA! by asitmohanty</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2008/10/27/where-has-navin-landed-orissa/#comment-2412</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am very sorry to disagree at your point that Mr Naveen Pattanaik has landed Orissa in ruin.You can not change the status of the state overnight.If any thing this man has done for our state , that he has created dreams and hopes in thousand oriyas living inside and outside orissa.He has upgraded the image of Orissa in a short span through rapid industrialisation .Today Orissa is not behind in  any field like industry,agriculture,education,health care and IT in comparision to other states.
                                                 I agree that many people in Orissa are devoid of the basic ammenities like food,water,clothes and health .But I am sure that this can be over very soon with the able leadership of Mr Naveen Pattnaik.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am very sorry to disagree at your point that Mr Naveen Pattanaik has landed Orissa in ruin.You can not change the status of the state overnight.If any thing this man has done for our state , that he has created dreams and hopes in thousand oriyas living inside and outside orissa.He has upgraded the image of Orissa in a short span through rapid industrialisation .Today Orissa is not behind in  any field like industry,agriculture,education,health care and IT in comparision to other states.<br />
                                                 I agree that many people in Orissa are devoid of the basic ammenities like food,water,clothes and health .But I am sure that this can be over very soon with the able leadership of Mr Naveen Pattnaik.</p>
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		<title>Comment on QUALITY EDUCATION: A BIRD’S EYE VIEW by leadsblogger</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2004/07/22/quality-education/#comment-2411</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the business perspective, quality education means guiding students to finding the right schools and the right course for them. Anyone who is in the educational industry should see to it that &lt;a href="http://www.educationleads-news.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;education leads&lt;/a&gt; are properly tracked, nurtured, scored, and prioritized.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the business perspective, quality education means guiding students to finding the right schools and the right course for them. Anyone who is in the educational industry should see to it that <a href="http://www.educationleads-news.com" rel="nofollow">education leads</a> are properly tracked, nurtured, scored, and prioritized.</p>
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		<title>Comment on ORISSA IS RIGHT IN REJECTING NUNâ€™S DEMAND FOR ENQUIRY BY CBI by debidutt666</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2008/10/26/orissa-is-right/#comment-2410</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Its wonderful to come across this website.
The posts are thought provoking and well justified.
Good job done.

Well, the nun case has been blown out of proportions and the matter has just transpired into political firmaments.something as sensitive as rape has become a political joke and the topic of stupid discussions at every betel shop and at every salon.
A CBI enquiry into this would just be another way of glorifying things and get the entire nation talking about it.
i totally agree to the Govt.'s decision and i hope the news evaporates out of the front page of all those newspapers as soon as possible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its wonderful to come across this website.<br />
The posts are thought provoking and well justified.<br />
Good job done.</p>
<p>Well, the nun case has been blown out of proportions and the matter has just transpired into political firmaments.something as sensitive as rape has become a political joke and the topic of stupid discussions at every betel shop and at every salon.<br />
A CBI enquiry into this would just be another way of glorifying things and get the entire nation talking about it.<br />
i totally agree to the Govt.&#8217;s decision and i hope the news evaporates out of the front page of all those newspapers as soon as possible.</p>
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		<title>Comment on DONâ€™T RUIN ANY MORE OUR PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY DR. SINGH; QUIT. by Bookmarks about Democracy</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2008/07/20/don%e2%80%99t-ruin-any-more-our-parliamentary-democracy-dr-singh-quit/#comment-2409</link>
		<dc:creator>Bookmarks about Democracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] - bookmarked by 4 members originally found by xfallenloverx on 2008-10-01  DONâ€™T RUIN ANY MORE OUR PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY DR. SINGH; QUIT.  [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on LAXMANANANDAâ€™S POSTHUMOUS MISUSE BY ADVANI AND CNN-IBN by pkgca</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2008/08/26/laxmananand/#comment-2407</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ORISSA- ATTACK ON NATIONALITY

Apropos of the news of Orissa unrest, the unfortunate happenings in Kandhamal and brutal slaining of  SWAMI LAXAMANDA- a locally revered Community servant running an orphanage and study Centre for poor local tribal students with no motive of inducing religious conversions, and elsewhere has its origin in the perpetual mass conversion program of  innocent tribals by Christian missionaries at the behest of their alien masters by inducements, deceit and exploiting the poverty ridden populace, with enormous clout and vast material resources at their disposal. The religious conversions have resulted largely in making the natives, aliens one in behavior and overall thinking, gradually. The demographic character has culminated in the total changeover of  the culture and perceptions and has fueled the alien behavior in the converts. The total unrestive, rather Anti India feeling has craved in the North East and the areas under the Church dominance. Several Western Diplomats, Analysts including Ex CIA Chief have written books revealing their strategic design of destroying Indian culture and strength by conversion programs undertaken by Christian Missionaries at their behest through resources and budgets made available by them. The British Parliament has passed Resolutions in the past condemning US and their organs of supporting such programs In  India and making genuine missionaries suspicious. While native groups supported by VHP and other Local Social Groups  have awakened, undertaken reconversion programs and getting people alienated, rejoining the National Mainstream, the murderous attack in connivance with Anti National outfits(including Maoists, Naxalites) harbored and fueled by such Missionaries to weaken Indian ethos and culture, are engineered against these Nationalists groups. But the time has come when such heinous acts have been resented by the Local Populace. The time has ripen when the Local populace is continually rising against such dubious activities that are weakening India with tacit support of the pseudo secularists for whom anything against National and Hindu ethos and Culture is pride some.  The Indian Press has been extremely partial, in reporting (textual and visual), while no depiction of the slain Swami and desertion of his Ashram inmates Press has extensively reported the plight(in the aftermath) of the Christians, fuelling the common man sulking, hence playing the perpetrator of the Crime. All sane and Nationalists must support the Local movement (AND to retaliate the move of POPE for daring to interfere in Indian Matters) lest the situation slips to create another Kashmir and North-East like situation where the writ of Muslim Separatists and Churches are run respectively, and another Arundhati Roy and Vir Sanghvi may advocate its alienation from India.


PRAMOD GUPTA
8/3, ROOP NAGAR,
DELHI-110007
pkgfca@gmail.com</description>
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<p>Apropos of the news of Orissa unrest, the unfortunate happenings in Kandhamal and brutal slaining of  SWAMI LAXAMANDA- a locally revered Community servant running an orphanage and study Centre for poor local tribal students with no motive of inducing religious conversions, and elsewhere has its origin in the perpetual mass conversion program of  innocent tribals by Christian missionaries at the behest of their alien masters by inducements, deceit and exploiting the poverty ridden populace, with enormous clout and vast material resources at their disposal. The religious conversions have resulted largely in making the natives, aliens one in behavior and overall thinking, gradually. The demographic character has culminated in the total changeover of  the culture and perceptions and has fueled the alien behavior in the converts. The total unrestive, rather Anti India feeling has craved in the North East and the areas under the Church dominance. Several Western Diplomats, Analysts including Ex CIA Chief have written books revealing their strategic design of destroying Indian culture and strength by conversion programs undertaken by Christian Missionaries at their behest through resources and budgets made available by them. The British Parliament has passed Resolutions in the past condemning US and their organs of supporting such programs In  India and making genuine missionaries suspicious. While native groups supported by VHP and other Local Social Groups  have awakened, undertaken reconversion programs and getting people alienated, rejoining the National Mainstream, the murderous attack in connivance with Anti National outfits(including Maoists, Naxalites) harbored and fueled by such Missionaries to weaken Indian ethos and culture, are engineered against these Nationalists groups. But the time has come when such heinous acts have been resented by the Local Populace. The time has ripen when the Local populace is continually rising against such dubious activities that are weakening India with tacit support of the pseudo secularists for whom anything against National and Hindu ethos and Culture is pride some.  The Indian Press has been extremely partial, in reporting (textual and visual), while no depiction of the slain Swami and desertion of his Ashram inmates Press has extensively reported the plight(in the aftermath) of the Christians, fuelling the common man sulking, hence playing the perpetrator of the Crime. All sane and Nationalists must support the Local movement (AND to retaliate the move of POPE for daring to interfere in Indian Matters) lest the situation slips to create another Kashmir and North-East like situation where the writ of Muslim Separatists and Churches are run respectively, and another Arundhati Roy and Vir Sanghvi may advocate its alienation from India.</p>
<p>PRAMOD GUPTA<br />
8/3, ROOP NAGAR,<br />
DELHI-110007<br />
<a href="mailto:pkgfca@gmail.com">pkgfca@gmail.com</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on RELIGIOUS REVIVALISM BECOMES BLOODY by jobxavier</title>
		<link>http://orissamatters.com/2008/08/24/religious-revivalism/#comment-2406</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who killed Swami Lakshmanananda?
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Not the Maoists, everyone except some senior state government authorities maintain.

Even the top brass of the state police say it is improbable that Maoists were responsible for the murder of the Swami and four others at his remote ashram in Orissa's Kandhamal district on Saturday night. A senior state police officer said the modus operandi of the murders do not provide substantial evidence that the Maoists may be involved.

Here are the facts of the murder after preliminary investigations:

On Saturday, the ashram was celebrating Janmashtami, when around dinner time, a group of 30-40 armed assailants surrounded the place.
Eyewitnesses said about four of the assailants carried AK-47s and many others had country made revolvers.
Two of the four home guards stationed for security had gone to eat and only two of them were guarding the premises.
The assailants tied down the two guards, and gagged them.
They then sought out the Swamiji within the premises and opened fire on him.
The recovered bullets show they were from an AK-47, the police said.
The assailants then warned the guards not to raise an alarm and fled the scene.
Within minutes of the reaching the crime scene, the district authorities made a statement saying it was suspected Maoists who killed the Swami.

"Isn't it far fetched? District authorities blaming a particular outfit within minutes of arriving at a crime scene?" asked Ashok Sahu, a retired IPS officer, who specialises in left wing extremism.

There are two reasons given as to why the state could have taken the Maoist line. The first is obvious, observers say.

"In December 2007, the area witnesses some of the bloodiest violence Orissa has even seen after the Swami was attacked by Christians. The state might have wanted to avert a repeat of the communal clashes and therefore could have pinned the blame on the Maoists," one of them said.

Sahu said there could be more to the government's action than this.

"Elections are coming in a matter of months. The state has failed miserably in tackling the Maoist insurgency. A government that has been terrorised by the Maoists may in turn be trying to terrorise the people in the name of the Maoists" he said.

Why are so many people ready to debunk the government's Maoist attack theory so readily? The main reason is modus operandi of the execution.

"The central committee authorises the killings and the outfit issues statements owning up to the murders they commit. So many days after the murder, there has been no statement from the Maoists," a senior police officer said.

Sahu points out the following: "The five attackers who the locals caught and handed over to the police are not Maoists. They are from the region.

"Moreover, I see no reason why the Maoists will spare the policemen on duty. They would have killed them. Then, there are the leaflets that were thrown around the ashram in a very amateurish way. The Maoists are very organised. If somebody is carrying an AK-47 he must be at least a commander. And if there are four commanders to marshal the mob, there wouldn't have been indiscriminate firing like what we saw. And last but not the least, I have never heard or seen Maoists wear masks and hoods.

"They see themselves as revolutionaries. They never care about whether they are seen or not. In fact, I would say, they would very much want to be seen," Sahu said.

Then, the most important question? Did the Swami's activities in the jungle in any way make him an enemy of the Maoists? "Chances are very less. He was working for the welfare of the tribal people and against forced conversions in the region. There is nothing that suggests the Maoists would see him as a class enemy," a senior officer said.

A local outfit, the Hindu Jagran Manch said the Swami had mentioned to an office bearer that some Maoists had joined him in a program he had organsied for the tribal people. "One day last year, I was talking to the Swami on phone, and that time there was a lot of concern about his security. So, he said, don't you people worry. The Maoists are not a threat to me. In fact some of them are here with me," said Lakshmikanth Das, an officer bearer of the HJM.

But do these factors clearly rule out the role of the Maoists? It is tricky, say many experts who have been following left wing extremism. "The best way this could be phrased is: 'We do not rule out the involvement of the Maoists'." Sahu said.

There are many reasons why the experts are undecided. "After the December 2007 clashes, even the Hindu outfits agreed that the Maoists are working in tandem with militant Christian outfits,"

Sahu agreed: "A lot of Maoists were converts to Christianity and were involved in the December violence. But this attack does not look like their work," Sahu said.

The Maoists have long claimed that most of Orissa falls under the 'liberated zone'. Kandhamal district with its desnse forest cover is a haven for them. In fact, the police had claimed that the recent attack on a police party in Nayagarh, where the Maoists dealt a spectacular blow to the Orissa police, was planned and coordinated from Kandhamal.

If not the Maoists, who could have killed the Swami? The needle of suspicion swings towards the militant Christian outfits. "Let's face it, said Sahu, "even in times when the Maoist-militant Christian nexus was a possibility, there were numerous attacks and attempts on the Swami's life."

"There is a high possibility that this is the handiwork of militant Christian outfits. How they got such sophisticated weapons is something for the government to figure out," said Sahu.

"The government's responsibility to bring those responsible to book increases when you take into account the fact that the Swami received an anonymous threat only a week before he was killed. The local SP did not even register a case after the Swami lodged a formal complaint. They have to answer a lot of questions or this issue will snowball into a bigger issue than the December violence," Das concluded.

The onus now rests on the government, which has been boxed in from almost all sides.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who killed Swami Lakshmanananda?<br />
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Not the Maoists, everyone except some senior state government authorities maintain.</p>
<p>Even the top brass of the state police say it is improbable that Maoists were responsible for the murder of the Swami and four others at his remote ashram in Orissa&#8217;s Kandhamal district on Saturday night. A senior state police officer said the modus operandi of the murders do not provide substantial evidence that the Maoists may be involved.</p>
<p>Here are the facts of the murder after preliminary investigations:</p>
<p>On Saturday, the ashram was celebrating Janmashtami, when around dinner time, a group of 30-40 armed assailants surrounded the place.<br />
Eyewitnesses said about four of the assailants carried AK-47s and many others had country made revolvers.<br />
Two of the four home guards stationed for security had gone to eat and only two of them were guarding the premises.<br />
The assailants tied down the two guards, and gagged them.<br />
They then sought out the Swamiji within the premises and opened fire on him.<br />
The recovered bullets show they were from an AK-47, the police said.<br />
The assailants then warned the guards not to raise an alarm and fled the scene.<br />
Within minutes of the reaching the crime scene, the district authorities made a statement saying it was suspected Maoists who killed the Swami.</p>
<p>&#8220;Isn&#8217;t it far fetched? District authorities blaming a particular outfit within minutes of arriving at a crime scene?&#8221; asked Ashok Sahu, a retired IPS officer, who specialises in left wing extremism.</p>
<p>There are two reasons given as to why the state could have taken the Maoist line. The first is obvious, observers say.</p>
<p>&#8220;In December 2007, the area witnesses some of the bloodiest violence Orissa has even seen after the Swami was attacked by Christians. The state might have wanted to avert a repeat of the communal clashes and therefore could have pinned the blame on the Maoists,&#8221; one of them said.</p>
<p>Sahu said there could be more to the government&#8217;s action than this.</p>
<p>&#8220;Elections are coming in a matter of months. The state has failed miserably in tackling the Maoist insurgency. A government that has been terrorised by the Maoists may in turn be trying to terrorise the people in the name of the Maoists&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Why are so many people ready to debunk the government&#8217;s Maoist attack theory so readily? The main reason is modus operandi of the execution.</p>
<p>&#8220;The central committee authorises the killings and the outfit issues statements owning up to the murders they commit. So many days after the murder, there has been no statement from the Maoists,&#8221; a senior police officer said.</p>
<p>Sahu points out the following: &#8220;The five attackers who the locals caught and handed over to the police are not Maoists. They are from the region.</p>
<p>&#8220;Moreover, I see no reason why the Maoists will spare the policemen on duty. They would have killed them. Then, there are the leaflets that were thrown around the ashram in a very amateurish way. The Maoists are very organised. If somebody is carrying an AK-47 he must be at least a commander. And if there are four commanders to marshal the mob, there wouldn&#8217;t have been indiscriminate firing like what we saw. And last but not the least, I have never heard or seen Maoists wear masks and hoods.</p>
<p>&#8220;They see themselves as revolutionaries. They never care about whether they are seen or not. In fact, I would say, they would very much want to be seen,&#8221; Sahu said.</p>
<p>Then, the most important question? Did the Swami&#8217;s activities in the jungle in any way make him an enemy of the Maoists? &#8220;Chances are very less. He was working for the welfare of the tribal people and against forced conversions in the region. There is nothing that suggests the Maoists would see him as a class enemy,&#8221; a senior officer said.</p>
<p>A local outfit, the Hindu Jagran Manch said the Swami had mentioned to an office bearer that some Maoists had joined him in a program he had organsied for the tribal people. &#8220;One day last year, I was talking to the Swami on phone, and that time there was a lot of concern about his security. So, he said, don&#8217;t you people worry. The Maoists are not a threat to me. In fact some of them are here with me,&#8221; said Lakshmikanth Das, an officer bearer of the HJM.</p>
<p>But do these factors clearly rule out the role of the Maoists? It is tricky, say many experts who have been following left wing extremism. &#8220;The best way this could be phrased is: &#8216;We do not rule out the involvement of the Maoists&#8217;.&#8221; Sahu said.</p>
<p>There are many reasons why the experts are undecided. &#8220;After the December 2007 clashes, even the Hindu outfits agreed that the Maoists are working in tandem with militant Christian outfits,&#8221;</p>
<p>Sahu agreed: &#8220;A lot of Maoists were converts to Christianity and were involved in the December violence. But this attack does not look like their work,&#8221; Sahu said.</p>
<p>The Maoists have long claimed that most of Orissa falls under the &#8216;liberated zone&#8217;. Kandhamal district with its desnse forest cover is a haven for them. In fact, the police had claimed that the recent attack on a police party in Nayagarh, where the Maoists dealt a spectacular blow to the Orissa police, was planned and coordinated from Kandhamal.</p>
<p>If not the Maoists, who could have killed the Swami? The needle of suspicion swings towards the militant Christian outfits. &#8220;Let&#8217;s face it, said Sahu, &#8220;even in times when the Maoist-militant Christian nexus was a possibility, there were numerous attacks and attempts on the Swami&#8217;s life.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There is a high possibility that this is the handiwork of militant Christian outfits. How they got such sophisticated weapons is something for the government to figure out,&#8221; said Sahu.</p>
<p>&#8220;The government&#8217;s responsibility to bring those responsible to book increases when you take into account the fact that the Swami received an anonymous threat only a week before he was killed. The local SP did not even register a case after the Swami lodged a formal complaint. They have to answer a lot of questions or this issue will snowball into a bigger issue than the December violence,&#8221; Das concluded.</p>
<p>The onus now rests on the government, which has been boxed in from almost all sides.</p>
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