 His visit was seemingly opposed by some members of local tribal community, where some local tribals were shown to be protesting against him and his team.It was said by Medha Patkar, that the protest was "stage managed" by the district administration officials themselves and the government was rousing the locals rural folk against the civil rights workers.Patkar also added that their team is not in favour of government responding to the violence perpetrated by Maoists by further violence by the state.