The Organiser’s report has found a Christian angle to Rahul Gandhi’s discreet visit to some Orissa villages. It says, “He kept the administration and the security forces on their toes as he went away to some unknown place late night, without informing even the police. During his visit to Berhampur, he went away to a village named Kankia, about 30 km from Gopalpur township. He was accompanied by the chief of a missionary-run NGO and two bodyguards. He went to the office of that NGO at about 10 pm and spent a few hours there. Then he visited a residential school run by that missionary and distributed chocolates. He ate dinner at the school and rested in the village. A reliable source said that Rahul Gandhi spent more time with the NGO’s functionaries than with his own party workers. The NGO is well known as a Christian institution and is allegedly involved in proselytisation and evangelical activities in the southern part of the state. He returned to his camp in the morning where all his party leaders were searching for him... He did a similar disappearing act during his visit to Koraput district, where he was warmly welcomed by a reputed evangelical institution. Rahul visited it late at night, accompanied only by four bodyguards. In both cases, the police and the administration were kept in the dark. Rahul allegedly did not permit the police force — no police pilot, not even the superintendent of police of Koraput — to follow him, knowing fully well that it was a Naxal-prone area. When contacted about the Berhampur incident, the SP of Ganjam district admitted the unscheduled visit to an unknown place but declined to disclose more.”

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