Vatican plot against Amma?

Four more years for Amma? Not if the Vatican has anything to say about it!

As if Amma and the Amrita Party don't have to campaign hard enough in order to fight off the challenge of the macho National Union, and to forge sometimes uneasy alliances with the new-agey Chakra Party, old-school liberal Social Democrats, Jim Rome's Jungle Party clones, and even some of the moderate elements of the hard-core Hinduism-cum-economic patriotism SRM, they are now dealing with rumors that Opus Dei (in cahoots with the Vatican) is launching a campaign to discredit Amma.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) International president Ashok Singhal on Friday [March 14] alleged that a secret agency under the Vatican Government was behind launching the malicious campaign against Mata Amritanandamayi and her Math. He told a news conference here that Mata was not only one of the top spiritual leaders of the country but a great spiritual figure venerated across the globe as well.

‘’There is a conspiracy against our mahatmas, sages and saints. Jihadi elements and fundamentalist forces have launched a malicious campaign. Some Communist organisations also feel satisfied in tarnishing Hindu spiritual leaders whenever they get an opportunity,’’ he said.

He urged the television channels in Kerala, especially the ones under the control of the jihadi elements and fundamentalist forces and the Left, to refrain from maligning Hindu spiritual leaders.

Whether in India or Patria, haters be hatin'. Particularly when it's election time!