FIR against Computer Baba for violating code of conduct
| Date :17-May-2019 |
Staff Reporter:
BHOPAL
EC recommended filing of a FIR and also ordered that cost of the event be added to Digvijay’s election expenses
Koh-e-Fiza police have filed an FIR against self-styled godman Computer Baba, alias Namdas Tyagi, on Thursday for violating the model code of conduct by organising a three-day ‘hath yog’ in Bhopal to ‘ensure’ Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s victory. Singh faces BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur in Lok Sabha polls from the city.
The FIR was filed after a complaint was lodged with the Election Commission last week by BJP leaders Rahul Kothari and Shanti Lal that claimed Computer Baba was fanning communal sentiments by holding the puja. In his reply to the EC’s notice, Computer Baba had said that he had not invited the Congress leader to the event and that the money used to organise the camp was collected from charitable donations. He said, “It was a religious ritual, there was no political programme, no information was given about where to put any political poster.
Some anti-social elements may have put the posters. The BJP is complaining because the saints are not with them hence the BJP is frightened”. However, Singh was seen at the camp dressed in white and seated on the ground while the sadhus surround him in a semi-circle. “The BJP has fooled not just the public but the community of seers as well. All sadhus say that without a Ram Mandir there will not be Modi Government again. We are holding the Yagna to ensure Digvijay Singh’s win,” Computer Baba had said earlier.