Bhopal: Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has courted controversies as so-called Computer Baba, a self-styled godman Namdeo Das Tyagi, on Saturday took part in the Yatra in Madhya Pradesh.
The BJP has said how an accused person like him, who was arrested in an encroachment case, could walk with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Tyagi was booked and arrested in 2020 for allegedly manhandling a panchayat staffer before the demolition of alleged illegal construction at his ashram near Indore.
Reports said Tyagi joined Rahul Gandhi in the yatra at Mahudiya village in Agar Malwa district on Saturday. He was seen interacting with Gandhi and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh.
BJP leader Narendra Saluja, who recently quit the Congress and joined the saffron party, said, “After Kanhaiya Kumar and actor Swara Bhasker, now Computer Baba…? What kind of Jodo Yatra is this?”
He alleged that ‘Computer Baba’ is an accused in cases related to encroaching government land and others, and was in jail.
The case against Tyagi had been registered in November 2020 for allegedly manhandling a panchayat staffer. The authorities had then claimed that they had freed 40,000 sq ft of land worth Rs 13 crore from alleged encroachment by Tyagi.
His ashram, constructed illegally on government land at Jamboodi Hapsi village, was demolished by the district administration, say BJP leaders.
