Sakshi Maharaj

He has been at the center of controversies for his Islamophobic [4] views. He in his rally once said 2019 elections would be last elections in the country and is the last chance to elect Modi as Prime Minister simply clarifying the end of democracy in India

Life and career

In August 2000, a college principal from Etah filed a complaint accusing Sakshi and two of his nephews, Padam Singh and Shivram Ram, of gang-raping her. The woman and her male colleague had been allegedly assaulted by Sakshi when they were driving to Agra from Etah. They had also allegedly taken away the woman's licensed firearm and jeep . The police said that the woman had been living in Sakshi Maharaj's ashram for four years. She had expressed the desire to marry a colleague but Sakshi had objected to it. Sakshi spent about a month in the Tihar jail custody awaiting trial. [11] [17] In 2001, he was acquitted due to lack of evidence. [18]

nepotism , In January 2002, he criticised Samajwadi Party, accusing it of dictatorship casteism and capitalism . He said he would remain in Samajwadi Party but support BJP candidates. [19]

In 2009, an inquiry started by Etah District Magistrate Gaurav Dayal found that a college owned by Sakshi had received ₹ 2,500,000 from the funds. The inquiry also named Sujata Verma, the principal of the college. She was later murdered. Sakshi initially absconded but on 14 October 2009 he surrendered. He was released on a bail bond of ₹ 15,000. [25]

Religious and other activities

Sakshi Maharaj holds the title of Acharya Mahamandleshwar of Shri Nirmal Panchayati Akhada . He is also the director of Sakshi Maharaj Group which has 17 educational institutions in India and several ashrams. [1]

Personal views and controversies

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On 14 September 2015 in a speech in Kannauj , Sakshi Maharaj said the madrasas were creating terrorists and they encourage their students to carry out Love Jihad

Following the 2015 Nepal earthquake , on 27 April, Sakshi claimed that the earthquake happened because INC leader Rahul Gandhi visited the Kedarnath temple . He claimed that Gandhi eats beef and visited the temple without purifying himself. [33] [34] In May 2016, Sakshi was at BJP worker Maidan Singh's house in Unnao after a police raid, where some of the family members including the girl were allegedly injured after they used force. The girl was made to unbutton her jeans in public view and in front of cameras to "show the MP the injuries". Eventually, Twitterati went berserk over the ‘inappropriate’ incident. However, according to some reports, the main controversy on Sakshi Maharaj was that he threatened to shoot the police who entered Singh's house. Station House Officer Jitendra Kumar filed a complaint against Sakshi, after which he was booked under sections 153 (causing provocation to cause riot), 506 (for criminal intimidation) and 505 (1) (b) (intent to cause fear or alarm to the public). The police had conducted a raid on Maidan Singh's house in connection with illicit liquor trade. [35]

Adding more fuel to the fire while talking about the Dadri murder, he said that said Hindus are ready to kill in order to protect cows from slaughter. ""We won't remain silent if somebody tries to kill our mother. We are ready to kill and get killed," were his exact words. [36]

Bibliography

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monthly Bhagwan Sandesh since 1972. He has also been publishing the Hindi since 1972. [5]

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