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Last updated on: June 3, 2011 08:18 IST / Rediff.com.
Baba Ramdev speaks duirng a yoga camp in Haridwar / Reuters.
Perhaps, a comment by Uttarakhand Congress MLA Kishore Updhyaya best describes his dizzying rise.
"Just years ago, he had just one bicycle. Today, the man has crores of rupees. Where did they originate from? It has to be investigated," Upadhyaya told rediff.com.
The baba, who claims to have solutions for everything -- from AIDS to cancer to the 'disease' called homosexuality -- allegedly received crores in the form of donations. And the nature of these donations has been questioned by several leaders.
That way no baba has every born with a silver spoon in his mouth and everyone has amassed massive wealths.
They start trust under Societies act., as not-for-profit entities, obtain income tax exemption and start accepting donations. While the purely commercial activities like selling medicines also they evade taxes, pay below legal wages to their workers, do not give any statutory benefits like PF, ESI, Gratuity, Leaves as per labour laws, etc. and continue to profiteer in the name of religions. Some of them even entered big-time real-estate ventures.
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