Bhubaneswar: 10/9(VISAKEO) Orissa Governor M C Bhandare Wednesday asked violence victims in Kandhamal to start life afresh and promised them safety and security, affirming the state government's resolve to prevent recurrence of communal riots in the state.
"Communal riots will not be allowed to take place again. The police, administration and state government are fully geared to protect your life and property," Bhandare said, while interacting with inmates of a relief camp set up for the riot hit people here.
"People must start a new life forgetting their bitter experiences," the Governor said, adding those who have left their homes must return with no fear.
"I am confident that normalcy will return very fast," he said. Observing that some anti-socials are trying to foment trouble taking advantage of the situation, Bhandare said the government would defeat their objectives.
"In a democracy like India, citizens have the right to practice and propagate the religion of their choice and none should have any objection to it," Bhandare, who visited a government-run orphanage, said.
The Governor also visited slain VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati's ashram at Chakapada before winding up his two-day tour of the riot-ravaged district.
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