Click to play videoBhubaneswar: The situation in Orissa is tense following anti-Christian violence in some areas of the state. The Central Government has been keeping a close eye on the situation in the state and is even toying with the idea of imposing President's Rule on the state.
CNN-IBN’s Karan Thapar spoke to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and he said the demand for President's Rule in the state was politically motivated. He also took umbrage to any comparison to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Karan Thapar: They say Naveen Patnaik is taking sides, he seems to be siding with Bajrang Dal and VHP against the Christians which is why he is talks in technical terms, talks of excuses and delays, he talks of conditions of roads which don't let him send the police force to Kandhamal, but he doesn't act.
Naveen Patnaik: When you say that, its completely incorrect because among the thousand people, roughly a thousand people who have been arrested, many of them belong to the organisations that you have just named.
Karan Thapar: You mean the Bajrang Dal and the VHP?
Naveen Patnaik: Yes.
Karan Thapar: The law of the land and Constitution continued to be violated in Orissa. If that violation continues in Orissa, and if you are not capable of stopping it, why shouldn't your government be dismissed?
Naveen Patnaik: We are making every effort to stop it. I don't want to make comparisons but there have been violent incidents and communal incidents in other parts of India. I don't see why the government of Orissa should be targetted.
Karan Thapar: Many people today are comparing you to Narendra Modi. Many people today are comparing Kandhamal to the Gujarat massacre of 2002, can you accept that?
Naveen Patnaik: I think that comparison can not be made rationally by anyone.
Watch the full interview with the Chief Minister of Orissa in Devil's Advocate on Sunday at 2030 hrs IST.
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