Tea kadai friends

Recently I read an article about Sai Baba meeting Karunanithi in Chennai.
Link

In this meeting, Baba presented gold rings to Maran and Durai Murugan (Hon ministers).
This he did it in his usual style. Getting the rings from thin air.
Assuming this is possible religiously, why give it to filthy rich ministers. Why not to all the poor people in India.
2 rings per person every month = No poverty in India. Then, why not?.

I have seen shows of David Blaine or David Copperfield doing all kinds of illusions. I don't think this is any different. So is Sai Baba just an illusionist?. If so, why do people worship him as god?.

Now lets take the example of some of the famous God men in the country.
1. Puttaparthi Sai Baba Link
2. Kanchi Sankaracharya Link
3. Chandraswamy Link
4. Premananda, etc...

Ok. The above people had/have a huge following. There was a huge scandal involving them at some point in time. Then why are people still believing in all these guys.

If god is there, he is definitely not one these people.
Is it only me or is some one with me?.

* The above article is totally my personal opinion. It is not intended to hurt anyone's feeling in particular.