2014 Theosophical Society Election:- Why Did The Election Go Ahead? अड्यार थियोसोफिकल सोसायटी राष्ट्रपति चुनाव அடையாறு தியோசபிகல் ஜனாதிபதி தேர்தல் 阿達亞神智學會總統選舉

The Disputed Result of the Adyar Theosophical Society 2014 Presidential Election

Why Did

The 2014 Election

Go Ahead?

The General Council was confronted with considerable

evidence that the election was bent but just stood there

and let it go ahead

Silence Gives Consent

Can’t speak, won’t speak does not represent

the interests of the Adyar Theosophical Society

or its members.

How much evidence did the General Council need before it took action? Why did the General Council ignore serious allegations about the conduct of the 2014 presidential election submitted in detail by a senior Indian Section official?

Below is an email of April 9^th 2014 from Indian General Council member, Krishnaphani Kesiraju to all General Council members, providing a detailed catalogue of malpractice in the conduct of the 2014 presidential election. Concerns had already been raised by Krishnaphani Kesiraju and also by former East and Central African General Secretary Navin B Shah, and by South African General Secretary, Jack Hartmann. All these concerns were communicated to the General Council, so it had more than ample reason to take action.

The General Council received this information from Krishnaphani Kesiraju on April 9^th 2014, which was over two weeks before the announcement of the result on April 27^th and the rushed inauguration on the following day. It did nothing to halt the election process, and initiate both an enquiry and a fresh election with appropriate safeguards in place. Given the information below, until these matters are investigated, members are justified in refusing to accept Tim Boyd as the elected president.

It can only be speculated that the General Council members allowed the flawed election process to continue unchallenged to the announcement of a “winner” and beyond, either because they were too frightened to do anything, or the bent election result suited them because they knew that it would facilitate the election of their preferred choice. Their silence gave consent to cheating the members out of a fair election, but of course, as far as the aristocratic General Council is concerned, the interests of the paying members are of no consequence.

The General Council members further disregarded this information by rubber stamping election organiser, Chittaranjan Satapathy’s appointment as International Vice-President. The General Council are clearly too weak to call Mr Satapathy to account for the conduct of the election, and Tim Boyd is also too timid to demand an enquiry and until he does so, his status as president will continue to be in dispute. Tim Boyd must be aware that his presidency is in question, but awaits instructions from his Adyar masters on this and all other matters.

One reason for the General Council’s failure to address election irregularities could be its members’ loyalties to the closed elitist groups for whose benefit the Adyar Theosophical Society in now run. Far from representing the interests of members or promoting Theosophy, the current purpose of the Adyar Theosophical Society is to provide facilities and a power base for elitist groups who are loyal to themselves, and limit membership to those who will demonstrate a primary loyalty to the group over and above the interests of the Theosophical Society. The general membership are just regarded as “Ballast” to pay remittances and their interests are of no consequence to the leadership. This is the fraud that the Adyar Theosophical Society has now become.

General Council members are elected to represent the interests of members and certainly did not do this by allowing a bent election to proceed. Why not refer this communication to your nearest General Council members and ask them why they did nothing.

In a further development, on June 18^th 2014, Krishnaphani Kesiraju called on the General Council to suspend the 2014 election result pending an enquiry. At the time of this posting there has not yet been any response.