The Appeal of the Lord of the
Universe
The Prem Rawat money-go-round is on full
throttle as his legitimacy circus comes to London. Rawat long ago lost out in
the famous guru stakes and these days keeps himself in the public eye by a Lady
Bountiful sleight of hand. To avoid actually parting with his personal wealth Rawat has his few remaining devotees donate their own cash to his tame charity
vehicle The Prem Rawat Foundation. A few high profile grants are then made,
fortuitously confusing the Foundation with its supposed founder and creating the
fiction that Rawat is a great philanthropist.
Rawat’s monopoly money approach to charity
has now reached new heights. The
UK Charity, Elan Vital, which is run by Rawat’s
UK followers, has shifted over £85,000 of UK charitable funds to the US based
Prem Rawat Foundation, now the Foundation is pledging to shift back £25,000 to
the UK. The cost of Rawat coming to London to ‘support’ the Lord Mayor’s Appeal
will include fuelling, maintenance and co pilot for
Rawat’s private jet, all of
which will exceed the £25,000 pledged to the Lord Mayor by a wide margin and
will be met from donations to his foundation, the UK charity or his US based Elan Vital church. But as Mr Rawat can tell us all, legitimacy commands a high
price.
References.
The Lord Mayors Appeal
Voluntary
Service Overseas
London Evening Standard Article dated May 31, 2007.
