Oh, I’m sorry, I hadn’t noticed that.
The tribal areas in all of the Subcontinent have always been sore spots. From what I can reckon, this Kandhamal area fits the same description: Switching alliances causing intra- and inter-, tribal friction.
This is actually a caste war over Affirmative action benefits
India has separate Affirmative action quotas for
Forest Tribals ( read Amerinds ) and for
Dalits ( read blacks )
The land of the Forest tribals cant be taken away or sold
to non-tribals, just as Amerind lands are protected
The Dalit Panos converted enmasse to xtianity
and still declared to the govt that they are hindus
Only hindu Untouchables get quota, since xtianity does not have Untouchability
So first the Dalit xtian Panos cheated the quota of hindu dalits
Then they wanted to grab the lands of the Kandh hindu forest tribals
They bribed officials and got themselves labeled as tribals
and stole the quota and lands of the Forest tribals
All the maoists are xtians and the Panos hired maoist hitmen to kill the religious leader of the forest tribals
at which point, the long suffering Kandh tribals took revenge