08-24-2008, 11:23 PM
BJP does not beileve that Maoists killed the swami. It is the missionaries who killed the Swami.
Rejecting the state government's claim that the incident was the handiwork of Maoists, he said Laxmanananda had no enmity with red rebels and the reason behind the killing should be thoroughly probed.
"Swamiji was opposed to religious conversion taking place in various parts of Orissa. Those opposed to Swamiji's anti-conversion activities killed him," he said.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004...241969.htm
BJP backs Orissa bandh to protest VHP leader's killing
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Ruling coalition partner BJP on Sunday extended support to the 12-hour bandh called by Sangh Parivar on Monday and blamed Orissa police for the killing of the VHP leader Laxmananda Saraswati.
"I will blame Orissa police for the killing," state unit president Suresh Pujari told PTI.
He, however, refused to comment on the call by Hindu Jagaran Samukhya for resignation of the BJD-BJP government.
Describing the incident as "unfortunate and painful", he said the government and police were fully aware of the threat to Laxmananada's life. "The police failed to save Swamiji who was killed shortly after a threat notice."
"It was a criminal negligence on part of top police officers," Pujari said while demanding prosecution of senior police officers for the killing.
BJP's memorandum to the state government seeking 'Z plus' security for Laxmananda had been ignored, he said.
Rejecting the state government's claim that the incident was the handiwork of Maoists, he said Laxmanananda had no enmity with red rebels and the reason behind the killing should be thoroughly probed.
"Swamiji was opposed to religious conversion taking place in various parts of Orissa. Those opposed to Swamiji's anti-conversion activities killed him," he said.
Meanwhile, Orissa PCC has sought Governor M C Bhandare's intervention and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's resignation after the incident.
"The killing of the Swamiji proves law and order has collapsed in the state," OPCC President Jaydev Jena said after meeting the Governor.
85-year-old Laxmanananda Saraswati, who had been working among tribals against religious conversion, was gunned down on Saturday night at an ashram for girls at Jalespeta in Tumudibandh block.
Rejecting the state government's claim that the incident was the handiwork of Maoists, he said Laxmanananda had no enmity with red rebels and the reason behind the killing should be thoroughly probed.
"Swamiji was opposed to religious conversion taking place in various parts of Orissa. Those opposed to Swamiji's anti-conversion activities killed him," he said.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004...241969.htm
BJP backs Orissa bandh to protest VHP leader's killing
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Ruling coalition partner BJP on Sunday extended support to the 12-hour bandh called by Sangh Parivar on Monday and blamed Orissa police for the killing of the VHP leader Laxmananda Saraswati.
"I will blame Orissa police for the killing," state unit president Suresh Pujari told PTI.
He, however, refused to comment on the call by Hindu Jagaran Samukhya for resignation of the BJD-BJP government.
Describing the incident as "unfortunate and painful", he said the government and police were fully aware of the threat to Laxmananada's life. "The police failed to save Swamiji who was killed shortly after a threat notice."
"It was a criminal negligence on part of top police officers," Pujari said while demanding prosecution of senior police officers for the killing.
BJP's memorandum to the state government seeking 'Z plus' security for Laxmananda had been ignored, he said.
Rejecting the state government's claim that the incident was the handiwork of Maoists, he said Laxmanananda had no enmity with red rebels and the reason behind the killing should be thoroughly probed.
"Swamiji was opposed to religious conversion taking place in various parts of Orissa. Those opposed to Swamiji's anti-conversion activities killed him," he said.
Meanwhile, Orissa PCC has sought Governor M C Bhandare's intervention and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's resignation after the incident.
"The killing of the Swamiji proves law and order has collapsed in the state," OPCC President Jaydev Jena said after meeting the Governor.
85-year-old Laxmanananda Saraswati, who had been working among tribals against religious conversion, was gunned down on Saturday night at an ashram for girls at Jalespeta in Tumudibandh block.