AIDWA seeks high-level probe into affairs of Isha Foundation

Coimbatore, Aug 17 (PTI) All India Democratic Women’sAssociation today sought a high-level inquiry into the affairsof Isha Foundation, following several allegations against itsfunctioning. "Since allegations against the Foundation and Isha YogaCentre, attached to it, are coming in of late, the Governmentshould call for an inquiry into the functioning of theorganisation, so that truth comes out," AIDWA presidentU Vasuki told reporters here. Several persons, including a retired professor, hadlodged complaints about the Centre, she said. Vasuki, also a CPI-M Central Committee member, said"spiritualism and bhakthi have become commercial now". A National Commission for Women team had visited the IshaYoga Centre here yesterday to confirm veracity of letters sentto it by two women sanyasins stating that they were staying inthe centre on their own volition and not forcibly as allegedby their parents. PTI NVM BNIKAMVV