@Nachiketa. I can call you an agent of Satan ;-) , couldn't I ? So the point I am making is before calling a person somebody , can you please post a legitimate link of some kind to prove what you are asserting is right ? Moreover if at all he is a member of VHP, so whats the big deal ? Its no terrorist organization. Which party organization/party you work for Mr. Nachikata, the one *which is directly responsible for the situation* in Kandhmal (From the Hindu pint of view) ?
Misinformation .. tut .. tut Thanks, Saurabh. On Jan 9, 2008 1:34 PM, Environmental Protection Group Orissa < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting that a retired IG tries to deliberately spread > misinformation. The picture should become more clear if one knows that > this > gentlemen is an active member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Orissa and > is > directly involved in the situation in Kandhmal. He should say Garv se kaho > hum VHP hain - so that everybody on the listserves know that the gentlemen > is partisan and not a typical, unbiased, retired bureaucrat. No wonder he > is > so well "informed" about the situation. > > Kandhs and Panas (dalits) have been living a symbiotic life > traditionallyin > Kandhmals- and the upper caste Hindus who have come from outside have > effectively played a role of divide and rule between the two communities > to > exploit both of them and grab land and other resources. The Sangh parivar > including VHP is a key player in this with its attempts to hinduise the > Kondhs - and its major support base are the selfsame outsiders who have > come > down to settle in this predominantly tribal areas. The Sangh parivar has > added the religious dimension to the emerging schism between the tribals > and > the dalits fomented by outsiders, as some of the dalits have converted to > Christianity - and this naturally suits the upper caste exploiters. > Everyone > in these areas know the role of the VHP and RSS in fomenting trouble and > targetting the Christians. > > The selfsame retired IG thinks that he can pull the wool over people's > eyes > by talking about the Maoists. The day Orissa police could arrest "47 > Maoists" would be written in golden letters in their tattered history- one > wishes them best of luck. The incompetence of Orissa Police is legendary - > the R Udaygiri Police Station raid and the Koraput armoury raid should > remind Mr. Sahu of Police department examplary eficiency. I checked with > local journalists - no such arrests of Maoists have been made. > > Just wanted to clarify matter after getting this mail by the VHP IG, and > then by Ram Madhav. These people are masters of misinformation. Will post > more after verifying further details. > > Regards > > Nachiketa > > > On 1/8/08, Jharkhand Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<forum%40jharkhand.org.in>> > wrote: > > > > Reports of communal vio-lence involving the con-verted Christians led by > > the > > missionaries on one hand and tribals on the other, in Kandhamal District > > of > > Orissa by the media since December 25 are vastly distorted and motivated > > which in public interest need be clarified lest the national image is > > tarnished before the general public and the international community. > > > > The whole series of incidents started from unprovoked and preplanned > > attack > > on Vedanta Keshari Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati who was visiting his > > disciples in Darsingbadi village in Kandhmal District on December 24. > > Swamiji, 82, has been working relentlessly in the district since 1967 to > > protect the local population where more than 75 percent are below > poverty > > line and are not literate. Swamiji has opened schools and hostels, > > hospitals > > and temples to protect mainly the tribals and the down-trodden from the > > clutches of missionaries who are operating with massive funds from > foreign > > countries pumped into NGOs in disguised operations to convert the local > > tribals to Christianity. > > > > Chief of such NGOs is 'World Vision' patronized by one Radhakanta Nayak, > a > > local of Darsingbadi village from 'Pana' community who later got > converted > > to Christianity. He happens to be an employee of the State Government > > promoted to the IAS and retired, and now a Member in the Rajya Sabha. > His > > henchmen were the assailants who attacked Swamiji on December 24. > > Meanwhile, > > Nayak has incited Kui tribals among the Kandhs to agitate for getting > his > > 'Pana' community, who are scheduled castes, relisted as scheduled tribe > > along with the Kui on the ground that the former also speak the Kui > > dialect. > > > > Various reservation facilities to which scheduled tribes are entitled > are > > not available to persons converted to Christianity. On hearing the > assault > > news on Swamiji, the already agitated Kui community reacted and > protested > > throughout the district against the 'Pana' community converted to > > Christianity. Interestingly, the Maoist (Naxalites) activists in the > > district are also mostly from among the recent converts to Christianity. > > > > From the 47 Maoists arrested in connection with recent burning of > villages > > inhabited by Hindus (Brahmanigaon, Jhinjiriguda, Katingia, and Godapur) > as > > a > > counter to attacks by tribals on the churches, 20 guns have been > recovered > > by the security forces. It is evident that the Maoists and the Church > are > > hands in glove to spread fratricidal killings and clashes among the > > tribals > > which is evident also from incidents in Karbi-Anglong and North Cachar > > Hills > > districts in Assam. Conversions of poor tribal villagers are being > > conducted > > at gun point and by spreading terrorism. > > > > While in active government service Radhakanta Nayak and John Nayak IPS > > (Retd.), both converted Christians, were instruments of the Church to > > proselytize the poor and illiterate 'Pana' and tribal communities. Under > > guise of NGOs thousands of dollars are pumped into the country for > > conversion of tribals in Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, > > Andhra Pradesh and the North-East. > > > > Taking advantage of the poverty and lack of education, thousands of > > converted are being trained for separatist movements like NSCN in > Nagaland > > and Maoist insurgency in the aforesaid states. This trend is more > > pronounced > > since 1970 which is evident from the census reports till 2001. > > > > In Kandhamal District alone the Christian population has increased from > 6 > > percent in 1970 to 27 percent in 2001, despite an Act enacted by Orissa > > Legislature in 1967 to prevent conversion. Swamiji has been fighting a > > lone > > battle by making the tribal district his home for last 40 years, and he > is > > targeted by the Church. Earlier, there were two other lethal attacks on > > Swamiji in 1971 and 1995. > > > > Since then the government has provided armed protection to Swamiji. In > > spite > > of that, he was attacked by armed assailants on December 24 in which he > > and > > his driver and armed security personnel were seriously injured and > > hospitalized in Cuttack Medical College Hospital. > > > > Hence, the recent clashes manifest the various ramifications of the > > socio-economic, political and cultural tribal issues and the deep-rooted > > conspiracy by the Church to destabilize our society and our economy. Let > > the > > Nation awake and protect our tribal brethren and the national media stop > > distorting the facts. > > > > **Ashok Sahu, IPS (Retd.) Former Inspector General of Police* > > * > > -- > > Jharkhand Forum > > A Global Network of Jharkhand > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <forum%40jharkhand.org.in><forum%40jharkhand.org.in> > > http://www.jharkhand.org.in/forum > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > -- > website: www.freewebs.com/epgorissa > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
