[Reader-list] The VHP, Luxury Cars and Identical License Plates

[Murali V]

Sonia has declared that she does not own even a car??? That is
something to seriously think about.

"The Swiss newsmagazine Schweizer Illustrierte (November 11, 1991) provided more
details. Citing newly-opened KGB records, it reported that Sonia Gandhi,
widow of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was controlling a secret
account worth 2.5 billion Swiss francs (about 2 billion dollars at current
exchange rates) in a Swiss bank in her minor son's name. This was reported
also by the Indian columnist A.G. Noorani in 1998."

Regards,
V Murali

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Shuddhabrata Sengupta<shuddha at sarai.net> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Here is an interesting story on NDTV on the assets of a Hindutva
> leader in Rajasthan. Enjoy, and please do forward, especially to
> every Hindu Hriday Samrat  (Emperor of the Hindu Heart) of your
> acquaintance.
>
> I love the detail about seven luxury cars with the same license
> plate. Not to speak of 23 crores worth of unaccounted income and
> assets  and jewellery worth 57 lakhs. Why stash your black money in
> far away Swiss banks as the 'congrssis' are alleged to have done,
> when you are with the BJP or the VHP, you can do it closer to home,
> in Rangila (colourful) Rajasthan.
>
> Clearly Shri Damodar Modi (the eminence in question) took the 'Artha'
> part of the four Hindu 'pursharthas' (goals of existence)  - Dharma
> (righteousness), Artha (wealth), Kama (desire) and Moksha
> (liberation) very seriously.
>
>  It only adds another rich, small but not insignificant detail into
> the unravelling saga of the auto-destruction of the Hindu right in
> India. With the BJP in disarray and the VHP mired in Hawala (money
> laundering and trafficking), the next thing I would reallly love to
> see is some sordid details (preferably videotaped) of yet another
> Sangha pracharak's (RSS functionary) peccadiloes, preferably from the
> hriday (heart) of Hindutva, in Nagpur. What we really need now is a
> hidden camera wearing loose khaki shorts.
>
> best,
>
> Shuddha
>
> --------------------------------
>
> Rs 23 cr, 7 cars seized from VHP leader in Jaipur
>
> http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/
> rs_10_cr_15_cars_seized_from_jaipur_broker.php
>
> Even for a successful broker, Damodar Modi has a remarkable list of
> assets. Jewellery worth Rs 57 lakhs, four houses in Jaipur, seven
> luxury cars, all with the same license plate. Modi is also a senior
> leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad or VHP in Rasjasthan.
>
> Through the day, VHP workers visited Modi's house to lend their
> support. They offer the theory that the income tax raids on Modi are
> a political conspiracy.
>
> One says, "This is just a bad phase but it's also political. Since he
> has links with the BJP, and Rajasthan has a Congress government now,
> that's why these raids have happened."
>
> Modi apparently liked spreading his wealth around. Mainly among his
> many selves. He had lockers in different names. "He has now admitted
> that he has nearly Rs 23 crore of unaccounted income and assets,"
> confirms Sunil Verma, Income Tax Commissioner, Rajasthan.
>
> Tax officials are now studying three diaries, maintained by Modi, for
> information on Hawala transactions.
>
> This is the highest seizure ever in Rajasthan...and points to the
> growing nexus...between business, politics and black money... that's
> raised a parallel economy in the country.
>
>
> Shuddhabrata Sengupta
> The Sarai Programme at CSDS
> Raqs Media Collective
> shuddha at sarai.net
> www.sarai.net
> www.raqsmediacollective.net
>
>
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