United States of Kailasa: Self-proclaimed godman and fugitive Nithyananda’s ‘United States of Kailasa’ has signed a “cultural partnership” with over 30 American cities. The ‘partnership’ came days after Newark rescinded a “sister-city” agreement with the fictional country.
The fake United States of Kailasa inked the sister-city agreement with Newark on January 12 at City Hall in Newark.
Nityananda, whose mind-bending spiritual homilies wrapped in a sheen of pseudo-science has attracted lot of attention on social media, claims he set up the country in 2019.
Long list of cities
According to its website, over 30 American cities have signed a cultural partnership USK. They include Richmond, Virginia to Dayton, Ohio, to Buena Park and Florida, literally all over the map.
A report in Fox News on Thursday said that “we are finding out the supreme fake pontiff” has a “long list of cities that he’s duped. It said that it reached out to some of the cities in the US for a reaction on signing an agreement with the fake nation.
“And so far most of the cities have confirmed these proclamations are in fact true,” the report said.
‘Not an endorsement’
Jacksonville, North Carolina told Fox News: “Our proclamations with Kailasa are not an endorsement. They are a response to a request and we do not verify the information that is requested.”
Fox News blamed the cities for not “googling” for information about the fake nation. “If someone wants a proclamation, someone gets a proclamation. They’ll just say you’re an exotic Hindu Island and they’ll name a street after you,” Fox News said.
The report added that it’s not just mayors or city councils but “people running the federal government” who are falling for the fake nation too.
It added that according to the fake guru, two members of the Congress have given Kailasa “special congressional recognition.”
One of them is Congresswoman Norma Torres of California, who is on the House Appropriations Committee.
“So, the person who decides what we spend our tax dollars on just got duped by an alleged rapist guru with a fake country,” the Fox News anchor said.
Republican Troy Balderson from Ohio also presented “his divine holiness and pontiff of Hinduism congressional recognition.”
Newark rescinded the agreement on January 18
Earlier this month, Press Secretary in the Department of Communications, City of Newark, Susan Garofalo had said that as soon as “we learned about the circumstances surrounding Kailasa, the City of Newark immediately took action and rescinded the sister city agreement” on January 18.
“Based on deception, the ceremony was groundless 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,” Garofalo said.
Nithyananda is wanted in India on several charges of rape and sexual assault allegations he denies. The Kailasa website counts “two billion practising Hindus” among its population.
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