BHUBANESWAR: The Churches, which have unleashed a rein of terror in Kandhamal, again trying to defame Orissa’s image in international community through some USA Lawmakers.
A group of US lawmakers have written to the Chief Minister of Orissa Naveen Patnaik calling for action against the perpetrators of violence in the communally-sensitive Kandhamal district.
The lawmakers called for the rule of law in the eastern state which last year witnessed large scale violence against Christians following the murder of a Hindu seer.The letter comes in the backdrop of a US religious panel putting the country under its Watch List.
Kandhamal district, some 200 km from Bhubaneswar, witnessed communal violence following the killing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmananda Saraswati and four of his aides Aug 23 2008.
