Fall of the empire of Rampalji Maharaj

The santh or Babas have always been respected by virtue of the traditional Indian culture. We Indians treat them as Godmen. We feel sanctified by their presence. Perhaps such sentiment of we Indians have given an opportunity to a handful of people who cast themselves as the representative of God wanting to help people. They enjoy a lavish life style, thanks to their followers or rather blind followers. The followers pour their hard earnings to the fake glory of such fraudsters. One such live example is Baba Rampalji Maharaj.

Rampal Dass, oorf Rampalji Maharaj was a junior engineer in the Haryana irrigation department who was sacked in the year 2000. Within a mere 14 years of time, he has managed to become a billionaire. He owns an ashram spread across 12 acers of land in Haryana itself besides his properties in Madhy pradesh and Delhi. The cost of the properties he own would be costing more than 100 crores as per government estimation. He owns a fleet of several luxury cars which includes BMW and Mercedes. More than 250 Guns were serving as his bodyguards equipped with deadly weapons such as Rifles, pistols, and hand bombs. Can a person with such luxuries and amenities be called as a Santh. Sadhus or Sanths are expected to lead a selfless life who are bothered about the well being of the people. But this fraudster is an example of an opportunist who knows how to make fool of the emotions of lakhs of people.

Well the best part is that, Rampal now has been in the police custody for his alleged involvement in a murder case. It is an eye opener to some of his blind followers. But what about rest of the fraudsters in the disguise of Babas or Sadhus who are yet to be caught. Why can’t there be regulations/institutions which would strictly observe the spending of the revenues of such Ashrams or related establishments. Perhaps there are regulations already which I may be unaware of. But I am sure there are loopholes and the Dhongis take advantages of them. The base line is, it is not the administration that can control them, we people can only stop the rise of such social monsters. And it is possible only if the wisdom takes over the blind belief.