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Who What Why When Where https://telegram.me/TheHindu_Zone https://telegram.me/PDF4EXAMS EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU G G G G 12 WHO WHAT WHY WHEN WHERE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE WHO Last week, Jacob Rees-Mogg, a bespec- unexpected turn amid disillusionment were “good enough for India” could be such as Breitbart, which has compared he talked out a bill through a lengthy PQp q tacled grey-haired parliamentarian with with party stalwarts, especially among good enough for Britain, Mr. Rees- him to Churchill and applauded his speech which included discussing P.G. a cut-glass accent, appeared on a popu- young Conservatives. The ultra-proper Mogg, an ardent Brexiteer, said earlier “Christian beliefs, conservative values Woodhouse’s pig the Empress of Bland- lar morning television programme to 48-year-old Mr. Rees-Mogg, rarely seen this year. In a discussion about trade and Euroscepticism.” In June, the Mogg- ings). During a debate in 2012, he set the expound his views, which included op- out of a double breasted suit and tie and deals with other countries following Mentum campaign, touting him as the House of Commons record by using the posing same sex marriage and abortion carefully combed hair, has been a mem- Brexit, he said: “We could, if we answer to the Conservative’s leadership longest word ever used in the House, Jacob under absolutely any circumstances (in- ber of Parliament since 2010, as a vocal wanted, accept emissions from India, crisis, was launched by young Conser- floccinaucinihilipilification, which cluding rape). It was far from the first backbencher, regularly voting against America and Europe. vatives. The name is a nod to Mo- means the act of estimating something time that Catholic Rees-Mogg had ex- his party’s official line when it diverged There would be no con- mentum, the left-wing grassroots as worthless. “I could sit and listen to Rees-Mogg pressed strongly conservative views. from his own conservative politics. tradiction with that.” movement that helped Jeremy him all day, I disagree with him 99.9% of Nevertheless, his comments touched a Even his personal life Corbyn win the Labour leadership the time,” one Scottish National Party nerve nationally, coming as a poll by Has the ‘outsider’ tag helped? seems to fit: he has six election. Over 26,000 people have MP recently told The Guardian. Conservative Conservative Home put him as the Though his origins are hardly unusual children (the most re- signed a petition supporting him. party members’ favourite to become for a Conservative politician — he is the cent one, Sixtus, was One particularly enthusiastic young So could he become PM? their next leader. son of a wealthy, former editor of The born earlier this year) supporter even had MoggMentum While centrists and those on the left hopeful With 22% of the vote, it put him com- Times, educated at Eton and Oxford, and has admitted to tattooed on his chest. fear that Mr. Rees-Mogg is symptomatic fortably ahead of David Davis, the Minis- with a career in finance — he has man- never ever having Even critics admit to admiring as- of the rightward shift of the Conservat- ter in charge of Brexit, and Boris John- aged to build a significant following changed a nappy. “I have pects, such as his flair for elocu- ive base, whether his popularity trans- son, the Foreign Secretary, who had till within the party, particularly among made no pretence to be a tion: he is known in the lates into anything in government re- recently been the party’s favoured ec- those on the right who want it to remain modern man at all, ever,” he Commons for be- mains to be seen. He himself has centric. firmly socially and politically conservat- told Nigel Farage on a radio ing a particularly pointed out that no one has ever made ive. To them, Mr. Rees-Mogg has been show recently. good orator, ad- it directly from the backbenches to lead- What is his pull? just the ticket: in addition to opposing ept at filibus- ing the party of government, though After the June election smashed the anything around the smoking ban or Who are his tering legisla- tellingly he has so far refused to rule out Conservative’s comfortable majority, equal gay rights, he has stood against backers? tion he taking the baton should he ever be weakening Prime Minister Theresa May, measures to promote equality and hu- His politics has won disagrees offered it. the unofficial battle to take over as man rights and environmental and him gushing support with (in one leader commenced swiftly, taking an safety protections. Regulations that from alt-right media instance, VIDYA RAM CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC WHAT cash to his devotees to watch those empire of much financial interest. sic videos and five movies. Hakkikat’s many strange, and unexplained, trans- PQp q movies and declared them super-hits. In the 800-acre premises, officials balance sheet shows that the guru’s actions on the books of the companies He bought luxury cars, abandoned came across two tunnels, one of which movies were not in the ₹100 crore club that produced movies, published news- them, built opulent palaces, educa- connected the Dera Awas, Singh’s offi- as was claimed by his PR team, but were papers and ran resorts for the Dera. tional institutions and underground cial residence, to Sadhvi Niwas, a wo- loss-making productions. There are mysterious transactions in caves, distributed largesse and votes to men’s hostel. The other tunnel may ARZ Unique Enterprises owns MSG unexplained goods and other activities. The lowdown politicians. have been a kind of escape route from Resort in Sirsa, while Samag Enterprises Dera Sacha Sauda’s case is not an isol- the premises. brings out Sach Kahoon, a mouthpiece ated instance. In fact, it has come under How did it On August 25, after The combing operations also found for the Dera. scrutiny only because of the criminal on Dera’s come about? the CBI court in an explosives factory, which primarily The sect seems to have also adopted activities of Ram Rahim Singh that were Panchkula convicted made firecrackers, as well as aban- plastic currency in local markets. Dur- bravely reported by a few women and the Dera chief, his followers went on the doned vehicles, including a Lexus lux- ing search operations, officials re- upheld without any fear or favour by a money trail rampage, claiming more than 30 lives ury SUV. At the heart of Dera Sacha covered several plastic coins showing judge. and leaving several hundred injured Sauda is a registered charity, eligible for the existence of an illegal and separate WHAT IS IT? The guru from Sirsa, within a few hours. There was loss of tax exemption. But behind it lurks a monetary system, though limited, in the What Next? Given the firm judi- Baba Gurmeet Ram both lives and property. The Punjab and complex financial web, primarily in- Dera. cial pronouncement Rahim Singh, who is now behind bars, Haryana High Court directed the Punjab volving three companies — Hakkikat En- against Ram Rahim Singh and the public had built an expanding business empire and Haryana governments to identify tertainment, ARZ Unique Enterprises Why Does It What complicates focus on his nefarious activities, it is out of his spiritual command over mil- the properties of the Dera Sacha Sauda and Samag Enterprises. Matter? the picture is the many possible that some action would be lions of people, especially the poor and and submit a list of the same to the These companies are all linked financial dealings taken against the financial misdemean- backward classes. court and said the loss to public prop- through common directors and share- between the Dera Sacha Sauda and the our too. However, it is also possible that Singh pumped in the money that he erty would be compensated by those re- holders, many of whom are devotees, for-profit companies run by Ram Rahim as the public attention wanes away, the allegedly collected from devotees into sponsible for it. and share the same addresses. Singh’s devotees. Any investment by Dera could be back to doing what they companies, washed black money into The Haryana government sanctioned There are reports of a mystery trail of non-profit charities in for-profit activit- have been doing all these years. Some white and vice-versa, bought properties search of the Dera headquarters, and over ₹51 crore through at least 15 other ies is explicitly banned
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