BHUBANESWAR(visakeo)- The BJP on Wednesday paid tributes to Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati on his second death anniversary here.
The seer, a prominent member of the VHP, was gunned down by unidentified assailants.
A memorial meeting was organised at the State BJP office here under the chairmanship of Ratikanta Dash, member of the State executive committee.
Addressing the meeting, State BJP president Jual Oram lambasted the State government for its failure to solve the murder mystery of the seer even after two years.
Alleging that the Chief Minister is playing into the hands of missionaries, suspected to be behind the murder of the seer, Oram said the government was deliberately protecting the killers of Lakshmanananda.
“While killers of the VHP leader were moving freely, hundreds of innocent tribals are subjected to police harassment. The Chief Minister has miserably failed to protect the interests of the tribals of Kandhamal under pressure from the missionaries," he alleged.
Former ministers BB Harichandan, Surama Padhi, senior leaders Ramachandra Kar, former MP Archana Nayak, Samir Mohanty, Surama Satpathy, Jayanti Padhiari and Sukeshi Oram recalled the services of seer.
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