subhasri polical entry

• Subhasree Das, the wife of Odisha's most wanted Maoist leader Sabhyasachi Panda, has expressed interest in joining electoral politics.
• "After talking to people, I have decided to join mainstream politics," Panda said yesterday at a meeting of Jan Mancha, Odisha, a platform she has floated after release from jail.
• "Politics is not new to our family. I was born in a political family and my father-in-law was also in politics," she said referring to late Ramesh Chandra Panda who was elected to the Odisha Assembly as a communist candidate."Therefore the Panda family has some support in Ranpur area of Nayagarh district," Subhshree, who was born in Puri district, said.
• Asked whether she was creating field for her Maoist husband to return to the mainstream after surrendering, Subhasree said "I do not know whether he will surrender. But, I will contest the next polls."
• She said her focus would be to fight against corruption and the spread of liquor.
• Subhasree was earlier arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in January 2010. She spent about two years in jail till the Orissa High Court acquitted her in October 2011.
• She was, however, booked in other cases and put behind bars and released when her husband was holding two Italian nationals hostage in February 2012.
• "I was released as per court order. The hostage crisis has nothing to do with my release," Panda said.
• The meeting was attended by former finance minister Panchanan Kanungo and Jan Adhikar Manch leader and Maoist mediator Dandapani Mohanty