The-Only-Honest-Man-In-India series unfolds further... Desperate for a little political space in Odisha, AAP has offered membership to dreaded Maoist, Sabyasachi Panda. Panda is a deadly criminal who operates in the garb of being an ultra-left radical ostensibly to fight for the poor. But in reality he has been an evangelist stooge who had claimed responsibility for the murder of revered Hindu Monk, Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in 2008. Same year, Panda was the mastermind behind the Nayagarh police armoury loot and killing of several policemen. In 2011 he parted company with CPI (Maoist) and formed a new outfit called Odisha Maobadi Party (OMP). In 2012, he was instrumental in the kidnapping of two Italian tourists whom he later released unharmed. Panda is well connected to the leftist fringe in Odisha including missionary- aided NGOs, human rights bleed hearts and select journalists who keep singing the chorus of his “return to mainstream”. Highly placed police sources insist that Panda’s arrest is just a matter of time given the fact that he was seriously injured in a shootout with police at Salimagochha forest near Merikot in Ganjam district on February 15. The Maoist leader’s right leg has been hit by a bullet but he managed to escape. Last week, police arrested at least six of Panda’s close associates including three women who corroborated Panda’s injury, police said. “A massive search operation is on to track Sabyasachi Panda”, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Southern range) Amitav Thakur told reporters. Police sources said AAP-Sabyasachi Panda political negotiation has been going on since January following the Maoist leader’s attempt to manage political space in ruling Biju Janata Dal failed. Panda has supposedly offered to “surrender” as the precondition for a safe political route to join mainstream. Next, it was AAP with its Odisha unit openly saying that the party was not averse to absorb Panda. “We are not opposed to anyone joining the party as long as someone willing to operate within our constitutional framework, AAP’s Odisha convener Nishikanta Mohapatra told reporters. Of course, from a party which never had any qualms to hand over Jammu & Kashmir to the enemy, the move to court Panda never came as a surprise. AAP’s sympathy for all extreme elements inimical to India’s interest is now virtually well known. Since most of the AAP Odisha leaders are from NGO sector like their Delhi counterparts, it’s not very unusual for them to invite Maoists to the party fold. AAP has no base in Odisha and is struggling to get noticed. Jai Hind.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:20:43 +0000
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