Newark's Mayor graciously accepted a sister-city relationship with Kailasa, only to realize it's just a website and a scheme by a notorious fugitive charged with child abduction and rape.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks at the groundbreaking celebration for a new development in the city on April 26, 2022.Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks at the groundbreaking celebration for a new development in the city on April 26, 2022.Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark was gracious in January at a ceremony to make Newark"sister cities" with the"Hindu nation" of Kailasa.
"I pray that our relationship helps us to understand cultural, social, and political development," he said in a joint appearance at City Hall,"and improves the lives of everybody in both places." However, the city has had to recently — how do the pundits put it? —"walk back" those comments after it was reported thatIn fact, it's worse: Kailasa seems to be just a website and a scheme launched by Swami Nithyananda, a notorious fugitive from India, who has been trying to evade authorities since being charged with child abduction and rape in 2019.
Newark officials said in a statement that they now consider their sister-cities proclamation"groundless and void." The revelation that Newark had joined hands with a non-existent nation inspired hoots from the left and right.
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