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Newark mayor signs deal with Hindu nation that does not exist
Mayor and city council agreed to partnership with Kailasa, invented by Indian fugitive Swami Nithyananda
The city of Newark, New Jersey, has confirmed that it was duped over five days in January when Mayor Ras Baraka invited what he believed to be a delegation from the Hindu nation of Kailasa to join into a sister city partnership.
A signing ceremony was held at which Baraka told a Kailasa delegate: “I pray that our relationship helps us to understand cultural, social and political development and improves the lives of everybody in both places.”
But it turned out that Baraka, who was once featured on singer Lauryn Hill’s 1998 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and Newark’s city council were all being taken for a ride. Kailasa doesn’t exist.
Last week, the Newark city hall acknowledged that it had been scammed by the notorious Indian fugitive Swami Nithyananda. The agreement to twin with Kailasa had lasted but six days, Newark officials said, before being dissolved as “baseless and void”.
“Although this was a regrettable incident, the city of Newark remains committed to partnering with people from diverse cultures in order to enrich each other with connectivity, support and mutual respect,” a city spokesperson said, adding that no money had changed hands.
I hope the left all die of sheer stupidity and vacuousness.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/16/newark-officials-duped-kailasa-nithyananda
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