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Bajrang Dal is a fundamentalist outfit: Orissa CM
15-10-2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008, (New Delhi)
At the meeting of national integration council on Monday, BJP chief Rajnath Singh described the Bajrang Dal as a nationalist group. But now Orissa Chief Minister and NDA partner Naveen Patnaik says the Bajrang Dal is a fundamentalist outfit.
Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Patnaik said many of those arrested for anti-Christian violence in the state were from the Bajrang Dal. But he refused to comment directly on a possible ban, saying he will only react when the Centre takes a final stand.
He clarified that none of the letters sent by the Home Ministry mention Article 355. "President's rule in Orissa would be political misuse," he said.
Patnaik said that the Centre sent ten companies of trainees when we asked for help. "Home Ministry sent helicopters five days late," he added.
Orissia Chief Minister's admission is likely to fuel the debate over banning the Sangh Parivar outfit.
On Saturday, in an exclusive interview to NDTV, National Security Advisor M K Naraynan said "SIMI and Bajrang Dal are not two sides of the same coin, but both of them are dangerous." He added that "You can ban it (Bajrang Dal) but you will then not be able to sustain it."
Thereafter, several political leaders reacted to the NSA's observations. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said the NSA spoke like a bureaucrat, while the Opposition said the instance showed there were differences of opinion in the government.
