Anatomy of A Riot: How Bhadrak Was Thrown to the Wolves

By Sandeep Sahu When the BJP said it, it was easy to dismiss it as the ranting of a party desperate to come to power in the state. But now that veteran BJD leader and the local MP Arjun Sethy has said the same thing, we can no more ignore the charge that a small […]

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By Sandeep Sahu

When the BJP said it, it was easy to dismiss it as the ranting of a party desperate to come to power in the state. But now that veteran BJD leader and the local MP Arjun Sethy has said the same thing, we can no more ignore the charge that a small issue that could have been nipped in the bud in the first few hours was allowed to grow into a full-fledged communal conflagration by the inept – and inexplicable – conduct of the district administration in Bhadrak last week.