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In jail, Kandhmal riots accused gets BJP ticket
Manoj Pradhan is the prime accused in last year's ethno-communal riots in Kandhmal and currently behind bars. But that hasn't stopped BJP from giving a ticket to Pradhan to contest from the communally-split G Udayagiri assembly seat. The saffron party's intention to hardsell its Hindutva agenda is also evident from its giving Lok Sabha ticket to Orissa Hindu Jagaran Sammukhya president Ashok Sahu, a retired IPS officer who blamed "Christian terrorists" for Saraswati's murder, from Kandhmal, which comprises three tribal Assembly segments of G Udayagiri, Phulbani and Baltiguda.
Orissa archbishop seeks poll postponement in Kandhamal
Orissa Archbishop Raphael Cheenath on Friday appealed to the Election Commission to postpone polls in the communal violence-hit Kandhamal district as he said the situation in the area is still very "tense and abnormal". Kandhamal witnessed large-scale violence against Christians after Hindu leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati was killed August 23 last year. At least 38 people were killed and thousands of Christians were driven out of their homes.


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