Hi Ektankit, I am new to wikipedia, I tried doing teh following edit and it was not accepted - can you please edit and try inlcuding it in the article of Sai Baba - crticism section
When the BBC documentary the Secret Swami was shown in Mauritius on BBC World in 2004, the then Prime Minister ,Mr Paul Berenger, was very upset and launched an inquiry into how this was allowed to be shown: http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite?content_id=b8c4534d7bff7010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD. This government action attracted strong criticism from the press: http://www.lexpress.mu/services/archive-30493-scandaleux.html and in response the local Sai Baba organisation even tried to get the TV Station sanctioned and urged them to show only programmes glorifying Sai Baba http://www.lexpress.mu/services/archive-30332-le-mouvement-sai-baba-veut-sanctionner-la-mbc.html. In fact Mauritius is one of those rare countries where the Sai Baba organisation has got official accreditation from the highest authority – the government enacted a law in parliament (The Sathya Sai Foundation of Mauritius Act 1998) to fund the organisation through tax payer’s money. The website of the local Sai Baba organisation proudly affirms that the Parliament passed an act to give it an official status : http://www.saibabamauritius.org/content/history-shri-sathya-sai-service-organisation-mauritius. The current president of Mauritius, Sir Aneerood Jugnauth, is an active supporter of Sai Baba http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/president/menuitem.54cea71c5991f83c65942b200bb521ca/?content_id=fb639ebdd3f4c210VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD and has been honoured by him http://sathyasaibaba.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/sathya-sai-baba-university-two-time-recipient-of-the-naac-award/ and also wears a sai baba ring. http://www.lexpress.mu/services/archive-5391-anerood-jugnauth-la-methode-du-succes.html The local Sai Baba organisation in Mauritius is also known to actively support political parties during election campaigns in many ways – e.g. providing them with a venue for public meetings: http://lemauricien.com/mauricien/100429/po.htm The local press recently wrote about a money swindling case whereby a Sai Baba devotee promised to miraculously multiply money notes for others and was arrested for forgery http://www.lexpress.mu/services/archive-36574-les-millions-promis-d-une-devote.html
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