India, a land known for its mystic sadhus, yogis, and sages. In ancient times these were the people a common man used to look up to for spiritual guidance. But in today's world the same sadhu's, yogis and baba's have become dreaded criminals.
The case in point is here is recent sexual harassment allegations against UP BJP leader and former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand is a reminder of Yogi Adityanath‘s Government’s propensity to shield prominent politicians from the consequences of their crime. The arrest of Chinmaynand, almost a month after allegations of sexual harassment of a PG Law student surfaced against him indicating how the Law&Order machinery works differently for the people in powerful positions. The push to take action came from SC, but the height of the problem is, the so-called SIT finally questioned the accused and took action against his victim, in the cross FIR filed by Chinmayanand claiming attempts to extort Rs 5 crores. A sword of Damocles is hanging over her head now. After SC heard her out, gave her full protection, ordered to constitute SIT, the spunky girl shared as many as 45 tapes she had recorded on a spy camera with the SIT. But sensing SIT was dragging its feet she threatened to commit self-immolation, which was when Chinmayanand was eventually arrested.
Chinmayanand is the second BJP leader to have been arrested in UP for sexual assault, the first being Kuldeep Singh Sengar, an MLA from UNNAO. If there is a thing more disgusting than the crime itself, it’s bad to shield the perpetrators. A state government siding with rapists or rape accused sounds like the stuff of medieval ages. This is no fiction borne out of sinister imagination, it’s the reality of Yogi Ji’s government.
From Asaram of Rajasthan to Nityananda to Rampal of Haryana or Ganeshananda Teerthapada of Kerala, sexual oppression forms the matrix of these Godmen’s spirituality.
The Godmen from the only top slice of an elaborate and multi-tiered system in which Yogis, maulvis, fakirs, gurus, swamis, pastors, and priests who make mystical claims and hold devotees in awe-operate as sexual predators.
In the case of Chinmayanand instead of clarity in the case and clear cut legal action, the public had heard the attempts to deflect the wave of protests that erupted against him by claiming that a conspiracy was being hatched against him. What allegedly happened to the law student is just a continuation of the rising graph of crimes against women being reported from UP. To compare national crime figures with figures from the state’s, it becomes evident that UP has the dubious distinction of twice the national average in terms of reported cases of rape. We have also seen many cases of child rapes end with the murder of the victim
therefore it’s for the governments to put an end to sexual abuse by the so-called godmen.
The case in point is here is recent sexual harassment allegations against UP BJP leader and former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand is a reminder of Yogi Adityanath‘s Government’s propensity to shield prominent politicians from the consequences of their crime. The arrest of Chinmaynand, almost a month after allegations of sexual harassment of a PG Law student surfaced against him indicating how the Law&Order machinery works differently for the people in powerful positions. The push to take action came from SC, but the height of the problem is, the so-called SIT finally questioned the accused and took action against his victim, in the cross FIR filed by Chinmayanand claiming attempts to extort Rs 5 crores. A sword of Damocles is hanging over her head now. After SC heard her out, gave her full protection, ordered to constitute SIT, the spunky girl shared as many as 45 tapes she had recorded on a spy camera with the SIT. But sensing SIT was dragging its feet she threatened to commit self-immolation, which was when Chinmayanand was eventually arrested.
Chinmayanand is the second BJP leader to have been arrested in UP for sexual assault, the first being Kuldeep Singh Sengar, an MLA from UNNAO. If there is a thing more disgusting than the crime itself, it’s bad to shield the perpetrators. A state government siding with rapists or rape accused sounds like the stuff of medieval ages. This is no fiction borne out of sinister imagination, it’s the reality of Yogi Ji’s government.
From Asaram of Rajasthan to Nityananda to Rampal of Haryana or Ganeshananda Teerthapada of Kerala, sexual oppression forms the matrix of these Godmen’s spirituality.
The Godmen from the only top slice of an elaborate and multi-tiered system in which Yogis, maulvis, fakirs, gurus, swamis, pastors, and priests who make mystical claims and hold devotees in awe-operate as sexual predators.
In the case of Chinmayanand instead of clarity in the case and clear cut legal action, the public had heard the attempts to deflect the wave of protests that erupted against him by claiming that a conspiracy was being hatched against him. What allegedly happened to the law student is just a continuation of the rising graph of crimes against women being reported from UP. To compare national crime figures with figures from the state’s, it becomes evident that UP has the dubious distinction of twice the national average in terms of reported cases of rape. We have also seen many cases of child rapes end with the murder of the victim
therefore it’s for the governments to put an end to sexual abuse by the so-called godmen.
