BJP candidate from Kandhamal arrested for hate speech
Updated on Apr 14, 2009 05:49 pm IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha candidate Ashok Sahu was arrested on Tuesday for making an inflammatory speech in Orissa's Kandhamal region earlier this month. He allegedly accused the church of indulging in conversion. Rajesh Mahapatra comments.
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