Bhopal: Namdev Das Tyagi, aka, Computer Baba, who joined office at the state secretariat here as chairman of the Narmada-Mandakini-Kshipra trust with ministerial rank on Tuesday, did not waste even an hour after taking charge to demand a helicopter within a week to inspect the Narmada River. Tyagi assumed charge amid rituals and chanting of mantras in the presence of former chief minister Digvijaya Singh, state Law Minister P.C. Sharma and a few religious functionaries. No one should be surprised if the Baba gets a chopper to survey the Narmada. The baba said he wants the job expedited. Any other means would delay action.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath had handed the job of rejuvenating the holy river to Tyagi, saying the river would get a new life. “We will form a Narmada Sena for the task. The previous Shivraj Chouhan government was corrupt to the core,” Nath had said. He said there should be no objection to ‘babas’ coming into the government. There is one already running a state government, he had said, referring to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
‘Computer Baba’ had campaigned for Digviajaya Singh during the recent Lok Sabha elections. He had conducted a havan to ensure Singh’s victory. He had also announced that Prime MInister Narendra Modi would lose the Lok Sabha Election and that BJP would never win. The results are out now and the state government’s persistence with the mumbo-jumbo of godmen is drawing derisive comments from people. (IANS)
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