Last month, Chief Minister Raman Singh was on a visit to Jagdalpur, the divisional headquarters of restive Bastar. As his cavalcade entered the main road of the city, a poster put up by a vigilante group called Samajik Ekta Manch (also called Action Group for National Integrity or AGNI) drew his attention: “Stop supporting the rights activists”.
Singh, a doctor by training, was scheduled to meet noted human rights activist, academic and researcher Bela Bhatia during his visit. A few days back, she had been intimidated and served an ultimatum by a mob, led allegedly by members of AGNI, to vacate