Is Rajmohan Gandhi a CIA Agent?

Findings of an Independent Investigation

Author(s) : Dr Amit Thadhani

I saw this link on Twitter which was a video interview of a person called Sai Lal Jediya. He made some startling allegations on Rajmohan Gandhi. He claimed to know him since he was ten years old. His father has written a book called "Vatan ka Dushman - Rajmohan Gandhi" apparently based on his association with Mahatma Gandhi and subsequently with Rajmohan Gandhi. He alleged that Rajmohan Gandhi got him baptized, used him to perform stage shows as a beggar to get funding and worked for an independent Nagaland and fragmentation of the North East along with subversive elements. The video interview can be seen on this link:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh3ELCJFldo Now, this video interview was conducted by Madhu Kishwar, whose unequivocal support to Narendra Modi is very well known, and published on her website Manushi. Prima facie, my first impulse was to dismiss it on that count alone. It was incomprehensible and unbelievable that the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi could even be thought of being involved in anti-national activities, and could possibly be an evangelist. However, as is my habit, I decided to search the facts from independent sources that would not lead back to any site that could affect its credibility. The following account is what I found. 1. Is Rajmohan Gandhi Involved with Moral Rearmament? Yes, Rajmohan Gandhi heads an organization called Moral Rearmament  (now called Initiatives of Change) and has been associated with it since 1956. This is a well known fact and Mr Gandhi's activities for global non-violence have been through this organization. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajmohan_Gandhi) The organization has a stellar record in non-violent reconciliation of disputes using "spiritual upliftment". 2.  Is Moral Rearmament a Christian Missionary Organization?  Yes. It is essentially a missionary organization masquerading as a secular one. This link from Encylopedia Britannica is quite clear on the nature and purpose of the organization.  http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/391743/Moral-Re-Armament-MRA 3. Is Rajmohan Gandhi a Christian?  The answer to this question is given in a very odd way by Rajmohan Gandhi himself. When asked, he says he is a Hindu but talks about it as his past. Then he says, he later "met other faiths" and goes on to mention that he reads the psalms over and over again. It is unclear whether this means conversion but the wording is quite typical of conversion. The link to his interview can be found here:  http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/interviews/a-discussion-with-rajmohan-gandhi-president-initiatives-of-change-international Also, note that Rajmohan Gandhi claims that the Christian part of MRA is behind it now, whereas the fact is that he has been associated with it since the time it was completely evangelist. Also, in the book,  "Moral Re-Armament" the author Daniel Sack makes it clear that MRA was an evangelist organization, had a transient lull in its activities, eventually repackaged itself in the secular fold, and is now gradually starting with its Christian agenda again. Read from page 192 on : http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ia2_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=rajmohan+gandhi+american+air+force&source=bl&ots=M2tAC2cJY8&sig=iNRd7-q2QtOlAenKyHOfD-Ao-9Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jr8-U4P4B4G_rge124H4Dw&ved=0CGMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=rajmohan%20gandhi%20american%20air%20force&f=false From the above, it should be reasonably clear that Rajmohan Gandhi is being less than economical with the truth about his being a "Hindu". 4. Was the MRA Involved with the Naga Movement? Yes. The MRA lead the negotiations that created the State of Meghalaya and Nagaland peacefully. The link for the role of the MRA in the North East can be found here: http://www.afr-iofc.org/Oxford_Research_Group.pdf 5. Who Created the Independent Nagaland Movement?   A brief history of the Nagaland problem can be accessed here: http://www.minorityrights.org/5661/india/nagas.html and in more detail here, including the role of China as well as that of the CIA in engaging the various militant groups as well as support from Pakistan and Bangladesh: http://www.idsa-india.org/an-jul-700.html The founder of the independent Nagaland movement was a person called Angami Zapu Phizo. A biography of this leader can be found here:   https://nnwpsg.wordpress.com/category/dr-a-z-phizo-nnc/page/2/ The demand was raised through the auspices of the Naga National Council.  Read more about the Naga National Council here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_National_Council  As will be clear from the first link itself, the Naga National Council was nothing but a conglomeration of Baptist Christian missionaries who were systematically converting the North East to Christianity, and breaking it from the mainland was just a small part of their designs. The problem was serious enough for them to be expelled from Nagaland by the Indian Government, following which an armed struggle broke out. This is clearly illustrated, albeit from a Christian perspective, in The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security. An online link to the book can be found here (page 231):   http://books.google.co.in/books?id=u48rUnVEHbEC&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271&dq=angami+phizo+christian&source=bl&ots=uDYUm-tdZc&sig=EjDuOj-rlQtdM9YzNSZ708LftCE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HWM-U7qmJ4WIrgfumoDgDw&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=angami%20phizo%20christian&f=false Massacre by Christians of non-Christians who tried to stop the separatist movement has been described here by people of the Christian community who opposed it: http://www.nagalim.nl/news/00000355.htm 6. Where did Naga History Begin and Where will it End?  History has already been re-written in Nagaland. It began with Adam and will end in the Christian way. Its almost as if the generations of tribes never existed there at all. This article is the crowning evidence of how the Naga Nation Theory was created for the express purpose of evangelization. http://daokhokho.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/where-did-naga-history-begin-and-where-will-it-end/ 7. Who Opposed the Fragmentation of the North East?  The Government has been repeatedly warned about these activities by Hindu organizations, but played an undeniably passive role for all these years. For example, this meticulously compiled correspondence going back to 1955 now available in digitalized format: http://voiceofdharma.org/books/ncr/38viirep.htm The RSS publication Organizer also talks about the problem albeit from a more pro-Hindu perspective, here: http://organiser.org/Encyc/2012/11/10/Don%E2%80%99t-hasten-to-woo-the-separatists.aspx?NB=&lang=4&m1=&m2=&p1=&p2=&p3=&p4=&PageType=N It may be relevant to note that MRA had absolutely no role in preventing the fragmentation of the North East. Other than failed attempts at "peacemaking" there has been no contribution of this organization  From the above detailed links, it is amply clear that the missionary nature of the movements of the North East aim at separation of that part of India from the rest of the nation, and fragmentation into multiple Christian nations. 8. Has Moral Rearmament Acually Benefited the World as it Claims? From the above illustrations, it is very clear that the movement for separation of Nagaland from India was itself created by Christian missionaries. The non-violent resolution was also "offered" by a Christian missionary organization, and successfully concluded by division of the States. In short, the entire thing seems to be set up right from day one, and the Government walked into the trap for the sake of maintaining the peace. What was ensured was the conversion of virtually the entire North East of India to Christianity, but the problem of seccessionism still lingers with the radical Christian NSCN groups continuing to demand independence and killings of non-Christians in Nagaland continue to happen on almost a daily basis. From the available evidence, MRA has not really helped significantly towards peacemaking in the North East. Even more shocking is the complicity of the MRA in torture in collusion with the US government, and their efforts to glorify failed attempts worldwide while pursuing a decidedly missionary agenda. More details can be obtained from this article:  http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1967/3/28/moral-rearmament-its-appeal-and-threat/ 9. Nagaland, the Story of Ethnic Cleansing of Hindus Hindus are now a very small minority in Nagaland, comprising only 7.7% of the population. The reason for the decline is expulsion of Hindus or forcible conversion to Christianity. This decline has greatly speeded up following the so-called "peace" that Moral Rearmament has brought about. http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Nagaland The conversion of Nagaland has been the second biggest success story of evangelists after Phillipines in Asia. At present, there is not one single Hindu temple in Nagaland. The MRA has been conspicuously absent in trying to save Hindus in Nagaland. In fact, no one in our mainstream media or our "secular" government ever talks about it. 10. Does the USA have an Interest in Nagaland? In the book, Nagaland: A Journey to India's Forgotten Frontier, the author writes not only of the mass conversions that have occurred there, but also of the American interest in Nagaland due to its major attraction: Oil. Turn to page 208 of the book. The link is below:   http://books.google.co.in/books?id=p38kqid5L2cC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=nagaland+hindus&source=bl&ots=yRA8oXcJbL&sig=UFI0MxYHcxW-bEYHGRzbbZLCCDA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Xq4-U5OMKM6kigf4y4GoCA&ved=0CHYQ6AEwCTge#v=onepage&q=nagaland%20hindus&f=false Another point to be noted, reposting an earlier link, is the influence of the American Baptists to bring all the different warring tribes on a single Baptist platform once again:  http://www.minorityrights.org/5661/india/nagas.html Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that Americans do have a vested interest in destabilizing India. 11. Did MRA Conduct Stage Shows in Foreign Countries During the 40s and 60s in Which Mr Sai Claims to have Participated? The MRA indeed gained popularity by conducting stage shows proclaiming how all social evils could be overcome by listening to the voice of God. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3219374?uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21103604991191 If Mr Sai claims to have been part of these shows, as the letters and photographs in his possession show, it is certainly supported by corresponding evidence that such shows were indeed held. 12. Is Rajmohan Ganghi a CIA Agent? Former CIA officer Miles Copeland claims that his CIA colleague Bob Mandelstam made "arrangements" with Scientology and Moral Re-Armament about this time. Copeland's information on MRA is confirmed by the late Jim Wilcott, an accountant with the CIA in Japan in the early 1960s, who wrote that MRA "was covertly supported and used by the CIA".http://www.namebase.org/news05.html So whether Rajmohan Gandhi, who is associated with this organization since 1956, himself is a CIA agent or not, the organization he represents as its head certainly is "supported and used" by the CIA. CONCLUSIONS The evidence implicating the MRA is very significant. Its evangelist nature as well as its links with the CIA is well documented. Evidence found on completely independent sites firmly corroborates what Mr Sai has alleged in his video interviews. The proclaimed social activities of the organization also have been questioned by many people across the world. Considering all the above data, there is plenty of reason why Mr Rajmohan Gandhi and his organization need to be rigorously investigated, even if he happens to be the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. Source: http://www.manushi.in/articles.php?articleId=1768#.U0Qa_1cvllM