Liberated Yogi Collective's position on Kuladri as New Vrndaban Community management is well documented (the usual suspects, liberatedyogi.tripod.com, etc.). Now ISKCON, in spite of the pressure to remove the scoundrel, has offered him a promotion. This under the blessings of Anuttama and Queen Rukmini, representing the GBC oversight board. One must conclude the "oversight" board must be established to see that certain irregularities get "overlooked".
For one thing, these alleged "many, many years of dedicated service to Srila Prabhupada, New Vrndavana (sic), and ISKCON" are not all coincidental. For example. Many, many of those years of dedicated service to New Vrndaban (proper Brijabasi spelling) were when New Vrndaban was not a part of ISKCON. It was directly because of his "service" (the Sulocan murder) to Kirtanananda Swami's New Vrndaban that New Vrndaban was expelled from ISKCON. Now the "open arms" committee has welcomed back the former deviant, the now rehabilitated Kirtanananda Swami's number two. This alleged co-conspirator in the Sulocan assassination has scant remorse for his previous "sins". This convicted felon has bilked the New Vrndaban treasury for the last five years without even being able to chant his rounds.
For this type of behavior, this person is rewarded with a promotion (unless rising in rank in the organization is actually a demotion). Anuttama and Rukmini flew in each weekend to oversee the weekly Indian fleecing. This is the same program Kuladri has used to collect his $80k per year salary as New Vrindaban Community's absentee manager. Visit on the weekends and make sure no one has stolen anything he doesn't know about and bilk "the crows" out of KRSNA's Laxmi. We will soon release files of the systematic exploitation of the Indian expatriate community by Kuladri, who will now implement his New Vrindaban based scheme on the rest of the temples' mailing lists throughout the world. All this with the express consent and support of the pillars of ISKCON.
Those who have witnessed Mr. Villa's past shenanigans cannot expect anything other than a "Sulocan murder" type fiasco, with the same ruthless, unrepentant rogues at the reigns of power
in this organization. ISKCON has promised full financial disclosure and we feel that that should start with the FACTUAL record of Kuladri's dealings, financially, for the last six years.
The unseen hand in all of this is that of Kuladri's alleged co-conspirator in the Sulocan murder, Radhanath Swami. One of the "infallible in spiritual matters", in good standing, current ISKCON replacements for Srila Prabhupada, Radhanath has had to bury parts of his past that are incongruent with his new-found spiritual perfection. His support for Kirtanananda Swami, even when he knew of Kirtanananda's falldown, shows the clear lack of vision on the part of this individual. The fact that it took over four years to come up with an exit strategy from the blind loyalty to Kirtanananda must make any serious candidate apprehensive. Hence, the need to squelch any and all references to the acts of the now "blessed" individuals during their "less than blessed" days when they were expelled from ISKCON for their involvement in the actions undertaken by New Vrindaban Community.
Admitted murderers, convicted felons can't be "the best ISKCON has to offer", can it? These are not random choices or done without knowledge of past criminal activity. It is done with the fervent hope that Kuladri can show the remaining parasitically inclined individuals how best to "enhance their opportunities", as he has done.
We are to be reassured that Kuladri will "consult the GBC board on critical issues". We are less reassured that anything positive will come of such consultations. Fortunately, he will only spend half as much time as he used to at New Vrindaban. Presumably, this means he will only drive as close as half way from his house in Pittsburgh, some one hundred miles from where he allegedly "earns his paycheck", which by GBC resolution, he sets the salary cap of all this in the name of "devotional service".
They have advised everyone, via the New Vrindaban Community website: "Naturally, there will be some bumps in the road as we make this transition. We request you to be a little flexible and to work with us, the local board, and Kuladri prabhu to make the transition as smooth as possible." At least they can say 'everyone was warned!'….