Date:25/01/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/01/25/stories/2007012504320600.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Agnivesh criticises Satya Saibaba

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Noted social activist and president of All-India Arya Samaj Swami Agnivesh has criticised spiritual leader Sri Satya Saibaba for his remarks favouring an integrated State. "He talked something that was unnecessary while ignoring an urgent issue — the killing of innocent children at Nithari," Swami Agnivesh said at the dharna that he led against the killings at Indira Park here on Wednesday.

He lamented that all dharmacharyas should have condemned the carnage, but Saibaba was silent. Instead, he raised his voice against a separate Telangana. Though he was a guru practising dharma, his silence led to doubts over his credentials.