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

[rashneek kher]

A (Harkishen Singh Surjeet) staunch leftist and marxist ideologue" a
defender of the underdogs" spent crores if not more on his son's marriage.It
had the who's who of Indian Industry.
Now as the left wilts and is close to dying a natural death I would be
extremely pleased if the vestiges too go away.

Rashneek

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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