UN dismisses ‘irrelevant’ submissions by fugitive Nithyananda’s Kailasa at Geneva meetings

London/Geneva : The UN human rights office Thursday said any submissions made by representatives of the so-called “United States of Kailasa (USK)”, founded by Indian fugitive Nithyananda, at its public meetings in Geneva last week were “irrelevant” and will not be considered in the final outcome drafts.

Confirming the participation of the so-called “USK representatives” at two of its public meetings – registration to which was open to everyone, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), however, said they were prevented from distributing promotional material and their “tangential” speech was not taken into consideration.

The comments by the OHCHR spokesperson came even as videos and images showing a USK representative speaking on behalf of the fictional state on “indigenous rights and sustainable development” at one of the events went viral on social media. The two events were held on February 22 and 24.