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Sabyasachi Panda: Orissa's most wanted man
Published on Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 08:16, Updated on Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 11:25 in India section
Tags: Naxal, Sabyasachi Panda , Bhubaneswar
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Bhubaneswar: The Orissa police believe that the Nayagarh Naxal attack that killed 15 policemen and one civilian last Saturday was led by one of the top Naxal leaders in the state.
39-year-old Sabyasachi Panda, who gave up a career in politics, to realise the dream of revolution, is leading it. Last week’s Nayagarh attack is just one stride in what he believes is a march for a communist social order.
As the most-wanted Naxal in Orissa, this comrade on the wrong side of the law has many admirers.
“His voice is the voice of 57 per cent people in Orissa who have only Rs 12 to spend per day. It's this injustice against poor, which made him a Naxal. I admire his ideas but disapprove of his violence,” deputy leader of opposition Narsingha Mishra says.
Sabyasachi's father and brother, who left the CPM, have been members of the ruling Biju Janata Dal for several years now.
That probably explains why the Naveen Patnaik government was soft on Panda for a long time. Today, a 1,500 strong anti-Naxal force is unable to find him. The government, though, says it is determined to capture him.
"Those who indulge in such violence are criminals and we will deal with them like a criminal. We will soon nab those responsible for this violence," Orissa Home Secretary Tarun Kanti Mishra says.
Sources say that Sabyasachi Panda is so popular among the politicians in the state that many offered him a ticket in election.
But it is believed that Sabyasachi refused the offer saying that he has gone too far to return to the mainstream.
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Compare the armchair communists speaking great idealogies in the comfort of thier airconditioned headquarters to people like sabyasachi who take
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Affluence and Poverty are twins.Like heat and cold,good and bad they will be eternal.Nobody can wipe out poverty.There are people
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