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Bhubaneswar ( Orissa ): The Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that the Orissa Government coming under pressure from the outlawed CPI (Maoists) has studiedly ignored a State honour to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
BJP Orissa unit president and former Union Minister Jual Oram alleged that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik did not want to irk the leftwing ultras who are opposed to the Noble laureate for political reasons.
The Chief Minister preferred to stay away from the spiritual leader just to appease the Maoists, he said.
We strongly feel that the treatment given by Orissa Government to Dalai Lama is contrary to the foreign policy of the country, which has been supporting the political struggle of the Tibetan people.
Earlier, Congress too had blamed Chief Minister for ignoring Dalai Lama during his visit to State.
The BJP chief however asked Naveen Patnaik to sought a public apology for misconduct.
The BJP president has been alleging that the BJD Government has a secret understanding with the ultras as CPI (Maoists) State unit chief Sabyasachi Panda is close to several ruling party leaders.
