BJP flays murder of party worker
Bhubaneswar: The State BJP on Sunday expressed deep concern and condemned the brutal murder of BJP activist Sukura Oram of Chandiposh village in Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh district by the Maoists on Saturday night.

In a statement here, state party president Jual Oram said that the Maoists, who are trying to grab power with the barrel of the gun, after failing to gather adequate public support, have become revengeful and are targeting political activists.

Earlier the Red rebels had murdered political workers like Thomas Munda and Rabi Oram.

While the political functionaries are getting power in a democratic manner through the ballot box, the Maoists trying to achieve their goals through violence are killing innocent tribals. Though the Maoists are claiming to be fighting for the poor people, in reality they are not friends of the poor but there only aim is to collect extortion money from the mines, Oram said.

He also said that even though the party had warned number of times about the increasing Maoist activities, the state government has failed to protect the lives of the people and the political functionaries.

Stating that nearly 30,000 people of K Balang area are taking shelter in temporary camps fearing Maoist onslaught, Oram said that he would write a letter to the chief minister in this connection.

He urged the state government to make adequate security arrangements on the Odisha-Jharkhand border and to provide adequate security to different class of people.

He also demanded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh and a job for the kin of Sukura Oram.

The BJP chief also announced that his party would organise a mass agitation if the state government does not take strong steps to protect the life and property of the people.