Orissa has also been affected by the Naxal malaise. Extreme poverty in a large number of districts has bred a lot of resentment against the state. The Maoists recently stirred up violence by claiming to kill a Hindu priest, Swami Laxmanand Saraswati, and attacking a posse of policemen near the Andhra-Orissa border.
Image: Chief Minister of Orissa, Naveen Patnaik.
Photograph: Reuters
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