Nobody but an Internet Hindu or a member of the Parivar would believe that an alliance between Christians and Maoists is possible.
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Maoists issue strict warning to Hindus
Shaikh Azizur Rahman
September 1, 2008
CALCUTTA, INDIA //
India's communist rebels have warned Hindus against carrying out revenge attacks on Christians, admitting for the second time that they were behind the assassination of a popular Hindu leader over a week ago. Hindu activists were convinced that local Christians had killed Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four other Hindu leaders on Aug 23, sparking anti-Christian riots that have seen at least 44 people killed, hundreds of houses and churches destroyed and thousands of people driven from their homes in Kandhamal, eastern Orissa state.
Some 3,000 Christians have also reportedly been forced to convert to Hinduism at "gunpoint". Maoist rebels, who had earlier claimed responsibility for the killing of Saraswati and the other leaders, warned of severe repercussions if the rioters did not halt their actions. The Communist Party of India [Maoists], which has a strong base in some districts in Orissa, warned of "more punishments" if activists of the VHP [Viswa Hindu Parishad- World Hindu Council] and its allies continued to attack the country's religious minorities.
"It is a fact Saraswati was a rabid anti-Christian ideologue and persecutor of innocent Christians and was responsible for the burning down of over 400 churches and Christian-run schools in Kandhamal. So we punished the anti-people fanatical leader," a statement from the group said Sunday night. "Now his [Saraswati's] men are engaged in violence and persecution of the poor Christians the same way. We are pledged to halt such endless persecution of the religious minorities.
"If their men do not stop their attacks on Christians immediately, we shall take severe action to halt this riot against defenceless poor people, and persecutions of poor Christians in other ways." The statement, sent to a selected group of journalists, also said VHP leaders were stirring up sectarian tension by telling Hindus their leaders had been killed by Christians. A senior police officer in Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa state, said local authorities had heard the Maoists were possibly planning to intervene.
"If they decide to intervene in their style they will bring hundreds of comrades from all neighbouring states to pounce in these riot-hit regions where Hindu activists are active. "With their sophisticated firearms they will wreak havoc, taking the situation to a more uncontrollable shape. The government is determined not to allow any meddling by Maoists," said the officer who did not want to be identified.
Orissa authorities have called on the federal government to immediately send at least 5,000 paramilitary forces to help fend off the Maoists and quell the riots. Satish Gajbhiye, Kandhamal's police chief, said it was a fact the Maoists were against the activities of such Hindu organisations as VHP and RSS [Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or National Volunteer Force - the ideological fountainhead of various Hindu groups, including India's national Hindu party of BJP] and have killed leaders of both Hindu groups in the past.
"They fear if Hindu influence increases in this region of Orissa, Maoist-resistance groups will come up - what they don't want. This is why they are against the Hindu groups," said Mr Gajbhiye. A Maoist underground leader in the neighbouring state of West Bengal said the VHP and its allies had been attacking Christians for years in Orissa and other states, which was why, for ideological reasons, the guerrillas were siding with Christians.
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