Bhubaneswar, March 29 -- Two recent statements of Odisha's Chief Minister need careful and serious consideration. First one relates to the state of law and order in the state. Asserting that the state continues to be a peaceful state Chief Minister clarified that the fact that investment is flowing into the state is a strong enough proof that the state is peaceful.

It is nobody's case that one case of gruesome killing of a Cabinet Minister allegedly by a police officer from point blank range does not make the state look a pretty bad one from the point of view of peace and tranquillity and somewhat unsafe to invest and do business in. Such unfortunate incident can happen anywhere.

It is however a fact that people of Odisha are temperamen...