Mahapanchayat held in support of jailed politician Shrikant Tyagi in Noida
The Hindu
The Tyagi community is believed to be unhappy with BJP MP Mahesh Sharma over his role during the Shrikant Tyagi episode
A major congregation of the Tyagi community started in Uttar Pradesh's Noida on Sunday in support of jailed politician Shrikant Tyagi who has been booked for assaulting a woman and misusing State government symbols on his car.
The congregation started around 10 a.m. at the Ramlila ground in Gejha village on the call of locals even as hundreds of community members from parts of western Uttar Pradesh like Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Bulandshahr, Baghpat and Hapur reached Noida for the programme.
"Humare gaon mein BJP netaon ka pravesh band hai (Entry of BJP politicians is prohibited in our village," read a banner displayed at the entry of Gejha village which announced the Mahapanchayat.
Shrikant Tyagi was arrested on August 9 from Meerut after he remained absconding for four days after assaulting and abusing a woman co-resident of his Grand Omaxe society in Sector 93B.
Until he went underground, Mr. Tyagi had claimed to be a BJP functionary but the party had denied any links with him.
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