a Nayak Murdered Swami a Saraswati

Sonia Gandhirsquos goonda Radhakanta Nayak murdered Swami Laxmananda Saraswati in the

tenth attempt on August 23 2008

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Swami Laxmananda Saraswati in hospital

The Congress Rajya Sabha member and World Vision chief Radhakanta Nayak IAS (Retd) on instructions from Sonia Gandhi organized the violence in Orissa and tried to kill an eighty year old Hindu saint for the seventh time The attack on the eighty year old Hindu

saint His Holiness Swami Laxmananda Saraswati was the work of a christian organization called lsquoWorld Visionrsquo NGO and it chief is Radhakanta Nayak who is a Rajya Sabha member of the Sonia Gandhirsquos Christian Congress party of India Attack on Swami Laxmananda Saraswati was a pre-planned effort by the christian Nayak and his christian terrorists

Rajya Sabha MP Radhakanta Nayak A fraud typical terrorist

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Produced fake Scheduled Caste certificates to get in to IAS and then to the job even after converting to

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State Government should impose ban on NGO working for religious conversion of the Hindu poor by fraud in Orissa The Hindu religious leader His Holiness Swami Laxmananda Saraswati who was injured in the attack in Kandhmal district in Orissa This led to large scale violence and arson in the district The Christian plant in India Antonia Maino alias Sonia Gandhi is behind the attack on the eighty-year-old His Holiness Swami Laxmananda Saraswati His Holiness Swami Laxmananda Saraswati led an anti-conversion movement and this was the reason for the planned attack to kill the Hindu leader by Sonia Gandhirsquos christian goondas Swami Laxmananda Saraswati who was injured in the christian attack was shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital at Cuttack from Darinigibadi Government hospital The christian terrorists launched an attack on him at the instruction of the Congress leader to eliminate the Hindu saint

The attack was the seventh one by christian terrorists on the Hindu saint Swami Laxmananda Saraswatirsquos driver and personal security guard were seriously injured in the incident and his car badly damaged While His Holiness Swami Laxmananda Saraswati was admitted at Darinigibadi government hospital his security guard was rushed to M K C G Medical College Hospital at Berhampur Sources said the district administration of Kandhamal preferred to shift Saraswati to Cuttack hospital apprehending more danger in the locality TIME FOR HINDUS TO RETALIATE IN KIND AGAINST THE MURDEROUS CHRISTIANS OF INDIA

NEWS IN DETAIL

In Orissa Christian missionaries hatched a violent plot to ambush and kill the 83-year old Hindu monk Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati who was on his way to a Yajna in Brahmanigaon village on Christmas eve

On 24 December 2007 a 500-strong Christian mob armed with daggers axes and machetes had waited patiently for Swamiji after they had first felled huge roadside trees and used them up as road-blocksbarriers on the road near Darsingbadi village (in Phulbani district) When the Jeep carrying Swamiji approached the village the Christian missionaries ordered two trucks to drive up and block the road to the rear of Swamijis Jeep so that he was now effectively trapped between the trucks and the felled trees

As his Jeep stopped the 500-strong mob of Christian converts violently attacked Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati with sharp weapons and tried to kill him Fortunately with the help of his injured bodyguard Kishore Chandra Pradhan and wounded driver Naresh Kanhar who barely managed to steer the Jeep away between the barriers Swamiji escaped the murderous attack but was severely injured and was taken to nearby hospital where he has been admitted to an Intensive Care Unit The driver and bodyguard were also admitted in critical condition to the hospital The Jeep was severely damaged in the attack

Not content with the murderous attack on Swamiji that marauding band of Christian thugs had then proceeded to the village Hindu temple and burnt it down A Hindu

Vanavasi youth was hacked to death by Christians in a separate incident in the same district

These terror attacks triggered a domino effect among the Hindus especially our Vanavasi brothers and some retaliated by burning some thatched-roof churches In more retaliatory attacks by Christians Hindu homes and temples were also burnt down

Local Hindu organisations also report that the Christian missionaries had already converted the Pana Dalit community (which accounted for 20 percent of the population in Kandhamal distict) by offering jobs houses school admissions and financial inducements and that they were now using the Pana Christians to convert the Kandha (Hindu Vanavasi) community who now constitute 80 percent of the population in Kandhamal

The tension in Kandhamal heightened after the Centre announced reservation for the Dalit Christians from the share meant to uplift poorer Hindu Dalits and Vanvasis In Orissa the Pana converts had received ample financial help from the missionaries and were economically well-off in comparison to the Hindu Vanvasis who did not convert but ironically Pana Christians were now declared as being eligible for Scheduled Tribe reservations as well This travesty angered the Hindu Vanavasi community even further and the Kui Samaj had announced a state-wide bandth to protest this injustice

Kabiser Mallick who belongs to the economically poor Kandha Vanavasi community said We feel neglected here because even though Kandha Vanvasis are the

numerical majority our political representatives are all Pana Christians Panas are paid convert to Christianity and are well off Then why should they receive reservations meant for Scheduled Tribes he wondered

This grievance is illustrated by the Christmas-eve attack on Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati being planned paid for and executed by Christian missionary and World Vision NGOs chief Radhakanta Nayak who is also the Congress (I) Member of Parliament from the area

The 83-year old Swamiji has been a figurehead of the Orissa Hindu revival and social reform struggle for nearly 40 years now He has been the nemesis of the devious evangelistic conversion activity in Orissa since May 1970 when a Christian mob had set on fire the sacred icon (Murti) of Lord Birupakhya at the famous Shiva temple in the small tribal village of Chakapad in the Kandhamal district

In 1969-70 he arrived at Phulbani district headquarters of Kandhamal district The Church had chalked out a dangerous plan to finish the Hindus in those areas The plan Mission Christ Sthan was intended to create one separate territory for the Christians The missionaries were keen to make their programme successful in Koraput Gajpati Phulbani Kalahandi Bolangir Bhanjanagar Daspalla Khanda-pada Boudh Sonapur Athamallik and Angul districts Huge funds from Christian countries were flowing into these regions for conversion activities

When I heard about the plan of the pastors to create a Christ Sthan I decided to visit those areas Communication was not as good as it is today I did not have any money even to travel Hence I begged alms in places like Khurda and Nayagarh and managed to collect 30 rupees With this amount in hand and taking the blessings of Lord Jagannath I reached there he said

Swamiji reached Chakapad a small tribal village 30 kms from the Phulbani district headquarters He established his ashram there in 1969 and dedicated himself to the service of mankind

Swamiji started his service and social reform work making Chakapad his centre To promote education he established a school and a Sanskrit college at Chakapad in 1969 To save the Vanvasis from the clutches of missionaries he started a unique plan He inspired the locals to have a kirtan mandali in each village He started delivering religious preaching among Vanvasis which proved advantageous in curbing the missionary activities Swamiji united the Vanvasis of Kandhamal and educated them to be conscious of the missionary activities and to develop their economic and social conditions As a result the missionaries had no way but to cancel their Christ Sthan project when they realized that they now have a strong Hindu challenge that stood firmly in their way of fully converting Kandhamal

The Swami known for his untiring zeal to check conversion of tribals into Christians in the entire southern and western Orissa has been running the Shankaracharya Sanskruta Kanya Ashram at

Jalespata 30km south of Baliguda in Kandhamal for more than three decades now

The Christian missionaries want to convert Hindus to Christianity and convert India into a Christian land We are opposed to that and that is the source of all disputes and fights said Swami Laxmanananda

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Prominent Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmananda Saraswati and four others were shot dead by unknown assailants at Jaleshpata Ashrama school on the Kalahandi Phulbani border tonight

Swami Saraswati the founder of Chakapada Ashram in Phulbani has gone to the ashrama when the assailants attacked and opened indiscriminate fire killing him on the spot along with four others

State Director General of Police Gopal Nanda confirmed the news but the identification of four others was yet to be confirmed He said suspected Naxalites were behind the act and they were verifying it

Swami Saraswati had recently issued a statement to the press stating that his life was in danger ever since he had levelled allegations against Christian missionaries joining hands with the Maoists in the tribal dominated Phulbani district

Earlier an attack on Swami Saraswati in December last had triggered off communal violence in Phulbani in which houses belonging to both the Hindu and Christian communities and churches were burnt The violence also claimed three lives prompting the state government to institute a Judicial inquiry

Swami Saraswati had claimed that at least eight attempts had been made on his life in Kandhmal district during the past few years

The DGP said senior police officials have rushed to the spot and the Kalahandi-Phulbani border area had been sealed The police had launched a combing operation to nab the assailants

It was not immediately known who the assailants were but the VHP leaders alleged that it was a well planned conspiracy by a vested group to eliminate him

The VHP has called for Phulbani Bandhi tomorrow to protest against the killing The situation in entire Phulbani was tense and police reinforcements rushed to the district to control the situation

News

Govt probes fake SC docs used by IAS IPS officers

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officers81744-3html - Nation section Tags Fake Certificates Scheduled astes Radhakanta Nayak

QUOTA CALL Lakhs of people have allegedly enjoy quota

benefits even after converting

Radhakanta Nayak A 1962 batch IAS officer who retired as the secretary to the Government of India in 1997 Now he is a Rajya Sabha member Sugrib Singh He is the BJD Lok Sabha member from Phulbani in Kandhamal district

John Nayak Former DGP of Orissa Isaac Behera He is a former bureaucrat from Orissa Both Nayak and Behera belong to Kandhamal

Bhubaneshwar The above are a few high profile names from the list of around 600 Government servants belonging to Kandhamal against whom investigations are on The allegation against them is that they have produced Scheduled Caste certificates to get jobs even after converting to Christianity ldquoOf the 600 fake certificate allegations 350 have been verified by the district administration and the remaining will be verified in another one to two months and action will be taken according to the government guidelinesrdquo Collector of Kandhamal Kishan Kumar said According to the law a Hindu Scheduled Caste person cannot claim reservation benefits once he converts to another religion But in Kandhamal lakhs of people have allegedly enjoy quota benefits even after converting to Christianity However BJP MP Sugrib Singh rubbished the accusation ldquoThese are false allegation against me Allegations are politically motivated I am a Hindu SC and I have not used any fake certificaterdquo Singh said After this Christmas passed off peacefully in Kandhamal the Orissa government is considering withdrawing security forces from the district But before withdrawing forces it seems the government should address the religious reservation and land issues in the district NEWS

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What really happened in KandhamalWhat really happened in KandhamalWhat really happened in KandhamalWhat really happened in Kandhamal

By Ashok Sahu IPS (Retd)

On December 23 2007 defying the Superintendent of On December 23 2007 defying the Superintendent of On December 23 2007 defying the Superintendent of On December 23 2007 defying the Superintendent of Police the Church authorities pitted tents and canopies Police the Church authorities pitted tents and canopies Police the Church authorities pitted tents and canopies Police the Church authorities pitted tents and canopies for Xfor Xfor Xfor X----mass celemass celemass celemass celebration on the disputed plot and also bration on the disputed plot and also bration on the disputed plot and also bration on the disputed plot and also torched one hotel and two shops in Brahmanigaon torched one hotel and two shops in Brahmanigaon torched one hotel and two shops in Brahmanigaon torched one hotel and two shops in Brahmanigaon belonging to Hindus in the very presence of the District belonging to Hindus in the very presence of the District belonging to Hindus in the very presence of the District belonging to Hindus in the very presence of the District Superintendent of PoliceSuperintendent of PoliceSuperintendent of PoliceSuperintendent of Police

Even orders from the High Court have not been Even orders from the High Court have not been Even orders from the High Court have not been Even orders from the High Court have not been implemented by the State Government Simplemented by the State Government Simplemented by the State Government Simplemented by the State Government Surprisingly urprisingly urprisingly urprisingly the National Minority Commission has given a clean chit the National Minority Commission has given a clean chit the National Minority Commission has given a clean chit the National Minority Commission has given a clean chit to the Chief Minister but blamed the District to the Chief Minister but blamed the District to the Chief Minister but blamed the District to the Chief Minister but blamed the District Administration for the recent violence as if the Chief Administration for the recent violence as if the Chief Administration for the recent violence as if the Chief Administration for the recent violence as if the Chief Minister has no control on the latterMinister has no control on the latterMinister has no control on the latterMinister has no control on the latter

Kandhamal literally an area inhabited by the Kandha tribes in Orissa and grouped as a district since 1994 all of a sudden came to limelight on the eve of X-mass celebrations last year end The Kui Co-ordination Committee had given a protest call for lsquoBundhrsquo on December 25 and 26 2007 having failed to get their genuine grievances redressed by the State Government Their grievances were directed against

the converted lsquoPanarsquo Christians who in order to retain their privileges under the Constitution of India have been contriving to get re-enlisted as Scheduled Tribe by manipulating a notification by the President of India under Article 342 of the Constitution It appears that the dates for mass protest were selected deliberately to embarrass the local Missionary authorities who traditionally utilised X-mass celebrations for mass conversion among the poor tribes Besides the aforesaid manipulation the dubious manner in which the tribal lands were grabbed by the Church authorities at the behest of high officials in the Revenue Department under Orissa Government had also agitated the Kandha tribe in general They were revolting against the Pana leaders like Minister Padmanabh Behera MLA Sugriva Singh and Pana Christian bureaucrats like Radhakanta Nayak Isaac Behera John Nayak Sailendra Pradhan etc during last many occasions Minister Padmanabh Behera had to resign in the wake of the recent violence in Kandhamal district when the fate of the Congress Rajya Sabha MP Radhakanta Nayak appears to be getting brighter with the blessings of Sonia Gandhi who herself is a Catholic Christian The Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil was the first visitor to the affected areas but conspicuous exclusion of Brahmanigaon the epicenter of the series of recent violence and disorder from his itinerary has been the subject of severe criticism in the press and the public

The protest lsquoBundhrsquo would perhaps passed off unnoticed outside the State but for the obstinacy of the converted Christians to defile the Puja Mandap in Brahmanigaon an altar where traditionally the Hindus

used to celebrate Durga Puja every year Over last two decades the Hindus in Brahmanigaon were reduced to a minority by mass proselytisation in the district particularly under the Daringbadi Block the native village of notorious Radhakanta Nayak On December 22 2007 John Nayak a retired IPS officer had informed the local administration to remain alert for a communal onslaught in the area This is also confirmed by the National Minority Commission which visited the affected areas and released its findings to the press in New Delhi on January 17 2008 On December 23 defying the Superintendent of Police the Church authorities pitted tents and canopies for X-mass celebration on the disputed plot and also torched one hotel and two shops in Brahmanigaon belonging to Hindus in the very presence of the District Superintendent of Police The following day Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati on his way to Brahmanigaon was ambushed by busloads of hooligans arranged by Radhakanta Nayak in his village at Dasingbadi under Daringbadi Block About 200 armed converted Christians attacked Swamijee injuring him and his armed security personnel driver etc This was enough to ignite the already surcharged atmosphere to go on indiscriminate attack on the Pana Christians and their leaders It may be mentioned here that the Kandha tribe are a peace loving people but once rubbed on the wrong side can be very violent and difficult to be pacified The tense situation was further compounded by an unprovoked lathi charge on the followers of Swamijee who had congregated at the Daringbadi police station in support of their beloved Swamijee who had spent 40 years in company of the Kandha tribe to protect them from the clutches of the proselytisers and

long cherished tribal culture of the Kandha There were murderous attacks on the Swamijee even earlier engineered by the Church in 1967 1969 1976 1978 1982 1985 and 1995

The local churches get lot of foreign contributions to promote proselytisation under direct tutelage of the USA Canada Australia and many European countries There are NGOs like the World Vision YMCA NISWAS and Jana Kalyan Sangha which get lots of financial aid even from the government which are promoting religious conversion of the Pana and Kandha community There has been a long-standing dispute between the converted Pana Christians and the Kandha tribes in matters of employment under reserved quota for government jobs distribution of land holdings earmarked for tribal development and illegal occupation of these by the Church authorities and conversion to Christianity by fraud allurement and cheating Despite many protests and representations to the State Chief Minister their grievances remained unattended and unfulfilled Even orders from the High Court have not been implemented by the State Government Surprisingly the National Minority Commission has given a clean chit to the Chief Minister but blamed the District Administration for the recent violence as if the Chief Minister has no control on the latter It may be recalled that the Pana Caste are not the indigenous population of the district rather they have migrated from the neighbouring Nayagarh and Ganjam districts from pre-Independence mostly after being converted to Christianity They have been learning the Kui dialect which is the mother tongue of the Kandha in order to claim and confuse their class

identity against which the indigenous Kandha tribe have been revolting since 1997 Taking advantage of the sporadic damage done to the Church properties during the recent provocated disturbances the Pana Christians who are notorious for being very lsquocunningrsquo and unscrupulous have reportedly torched many of their thatched Churches themselves with the hope to attract more funds from abroad and grant from the government under relief for damage during lsquocommunal strifersquo However six churches and more than sixty thatched prayer centres were shown damaged to qualify for relief grants More than 350 Hindus were rendered homeless who were in minority surrounded by the Pana Christians in Brahmanigaon Kinarinuagaon Godapur Katingia and Daringbadi Three Hindu temple and more than two thousand lsquoDharani Penursquo sites of worship of Kandha tribes have been reduced to dust by the converted Christians One Khageswar Mallik aged about 30 years was lynched to death by stoning by Pana Christians comprising mostly women More than 10 Maoists were killed in an encounter when they attacked the Brahmanigaon police post but as usual the radicals dragged the dead bodies of their colleagues fearing identification One dead body from among the Maoists has been recovered who is suspected to be an outsider and not belonging to the near-by villages More than 130 persons have been arrested most of whom are Hindus because the Church authorities had prepared ahead of the incidents what to write and whom to implicate Most of the Hindu victims had fled to the nearby forests being afraid of the Police officers from among the converted Christians The partisan attitude of the Police in bringing the culprits to book might further delay the slow process of

restoration of peace and normalcy in the district Indiscriminate arrests of innocent Hindus under political pressure would only delay the peace process Now the basic issues need be addressed without bothering about the political stakes Nevertheless the BJD major partner in the government is trying to profit by blaming the saffron brigade which would in long run benefit their common enemy that is Congress Delay in redress of the genuine grievances of the Kui speaking Kandha tribes would only complicate the situation for which the government will have to pay a heavy price Despite many distorted versions of the incidents in Kandhamal district the fact remains that these violence were mainly due to dispute between the Pana Christians and the Kandha tribes over local issues with socio-economic and political consequences Before the nation came to know of the incidents distorted highly motivated and grossly misleading versions were given wide publicity to tarnish the secular image of India by the electronic media and the English print media transmitted from abroad like one Angana Chatterji Such distortions will only compound and precipitate the communal strife in the region

Rape of minors by Missionary School officials in Orissa Hardly the wound inflicted by the Pana Christians had healed and the normalcy was limping back in the district of Kandhamal fresh incidents of rape on tribal minors are reported from other parts in Orissa On January 12 2008 (Saturday) Dipa and Padmini two minor tribal students were reportedly being brutally

raped by the Director of Agate Manor International School that houses lsquoorphansrsquo and homeless children from tribal pockets The other accomplice in the crime was his 38-year-old younger brother named Anargala Lima The incident was witnessed by another minor tribal girl Rukmani Hembrem (10 years old) a student of the same school who out of panic and shock fled from the sight lest she would also be a similar victim in the hands of the same perpetrator Terrified Rukmani in a forlorn state was detected the next day by the villagers in Talpadar Tikra a small village 25 kilometers from Bargarh district headquarters She narrated the incident to them and sought protection The villagers when confronted the Principal Mr G Appa Rao demanded medical treatment for the two victim girls and handing over to the local police As the tension was mounting both the Principal Mr Rao and Director Samarpana Lima (43) along with his brother Anargala Lima (38) allegedly the co-rapist in the incident all ran for their life The Principal had managed the disappearance of the victim girls who could not be traced even by the Superintendent of Police In order to calm down the enraged villagers the SP assured to bring the culprits to book within twenty-four hours There is tension in the area and people are agitated against the Missionaries that in the name of service they collect huge sums to help the poor and rob the minor girls of their womanhood and deny them the minimum dignity that a woman deserves in a civilised society The villagers have lodged an FIR with the local police alleging rape and disappearance of the victims by Samarpana Lima and his brother Anargala Lima What is disturbing the villagers is the safety of the lone witness to the gruesome rape by two fathers like

figures on minor girls The local SP has reportedly taken the lone witness Rukmani to his personal custody Rape victims Dipa and Padmini are reportedly missing from the school Many such incidents are reportedly happening but going unreported because the Christian Missionaries are having influence over the local police officials with their money power Media misMedia misMedia misMedia mis----propagandapropagandapropagandapropaganda

One Angana Chatterji was one of the first to write in the press distorting the whole episode that was published in a section of the English print media Earlier also in 1999 a Christian nun was reportedly raped by Hindus in Baripada Bus Stand which was falsified by subsequent scrutiny of the facts in the incident In 2002 in Mandasur one tribal girl was raped and after pregnancy was killed by the local church priest which was initially distorted by the misreporting in the Press Even the reported killing of the Stains at Manoharpur village in 1999 was grossly distorted that even Hindus started believing the stories until in the courts of law these are gradually getting unmasked Hence mis-propaganda to defame the image of India or the Hindu community at large does not pay in the end It only helps the mischief mongers to fish in troubled water

(The writer is former Inspector General of Police Assam)

Christian Rajya Sabha member Suspect in Killing of VHP leader httpinyoutubecomwatchv=dp91_KoPMKI

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Net closes in on Cong MP for Orissa swamirsquos murder Debabrata Mohanty Posted Dec 27 2008 at 0138 hrs IST httpwwwindianexpresscomnewsnet-closes-in-on-cong-mp-for-orissa-swamis-murder403507 Bhubaneswar The BJD-BJP Governmentin Orissa is closing in on Congress Rajya Sabha member and former civil servant Radhakanta Nayak for his ldquoalleged role in the conspiracy to kill Lakshmanananda Saraswatirdquo Sources say that Nayak the most high-profile Christian political leader in the State may be arrested shortly The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has alleged that the plot to kill Lakshamananda Saraswati was ldquohatched in the presence of Nayakrdquo The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Orissa police is said to be preparing a case against Nayak and his supporters Though CID officials refused to comment whether they considered Nayak as one of the suspects they said ldquoThe mastermind has been identified and he is now out of Orissardquo Nayak when contacted by The Indian Express said the allegations that he conspired to kill the Swami were

ldquoabsolutely absurd and completely falserdquo ldquoI feel very surprised by the chargesrdquo he said over the phone from New Delhi Saraswati and four of his associates were gunned down by 30-odd assailants carrying sophisticated weapons at his ashram in Jalespeta of Kandhamal district on the evening of August 23 It led to one of the worst communal conflicts in the history of the State and Christians were targeted in Kandhamal and adjoining districts The Hindutva brigade in the State believed the Saraswati killing was a revenge attack An attack on the Swamirsquos vehicle in Kandhamal in December 2007 had sparked off a wave of violence on Christians in which three people were killed and several houses gutted The Sangh Parivar it is believed called off its Christmas bandh based on the assurances from the government that Nayak would be arrested ldquoIt was one of our demands and we have been given to understand that the process is onrdquo a senior BJP leader said CID Inspector General of Police Arun Ray said the murder of Saraswati was the result of a conspiracy hatched soon after the December 2007 riots ldquoIt was a thorough professional job The initial plan was hatched by someone else The actual planning to kill Saraswati was done by a separate group while another group trained the group of killers One group did not know what the other group was doing Our challenge is to link up the evidence and present a case before the court that would lead to convictionsrdquo said Ray The police have already arrested seven people including some Maoists for the murder

NEWS

Kandhamal BJP demands Cong MPrsquos interrogation

Debabrata Mohanty Posted Dec 29 2008 at 2356 hrs IST httpwwwindianexpresscomnewskandhamal-bjp-demands-cong-mps-interrogation403947 Bhubaneswar The politics over Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati murder case hotted up on Sunday with the BJP demanding that Congress Rajya Sabha MP Radha Kanta Nayak be interrogated by the Orissa Police for his alleged role in the murder conspiracy of Saraswati Demanding this BJP Lok Sabha MP Dharmendra Pradhan said nobody was above the law ldquoI have already accused him of being one of the conspirators on the floor of Parliament Why is he scared Why is he not coming out of Delhi to face the proberdquo asked Pradhan Nayak has already rubbished the charges calling it ldquofalse and absurdrdquo Meanwhile the VHP on Sunday demanded that narco test be done on Nayak alleging his role in the murder conspiracy of Saraswati VHP state secretary Gouri Rath said narco test on Nayak would ldquoreveal a lot of informationrdquo on the murder case ldquoHe should be arrested immediatelyrdquo said Rath