Left parties oppose renaming Odisha's Phulbani medical college after Sangh Parivar ideologue
Left-wing political parties in Odisha are protesting the state government's decision to rename a medical college after Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a controversial Sangh Parivar figure. Critics argue the move promotes communal polarization and violates secular values by using public funds for ideological naming.
All Left parties in Odisha on Tuesday (July 28, 2026) condemned the Mohan Charan Majhi government’s decision to rename the Phulbani Government Medical College and Hospital in Kandhamal district after late Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a veteran Sangh Parivar ideologue whose killing by CPI (Maoist) in 2008 had triggered one of the worst episodes of anti-Christian violence in the State.
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