Sonia & Rahul running a campaign against me, says Asaram Bapu

Bhopal: Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is facing arrest in a sexual assault case, on Thursday accused UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi of running a campaign against him. I have heard that Sonia and son are running a campaign against me. People have told me that they support religious conversions. They have been harassing me for the past four years, he told media in Bhopal. 72-year-old Asaram, who was booked for allegedly sexually abusing the teenager in a Jodhpur ashram, arrived in Indore on Saturday for spending time in 'solitude'. His spokesman has denied the charges. Meanwhile, activists of Dharamyuddh Sena burnt an effigy of the spiritual guru in protest while members of the Gondwana Gantantra Party have submitted a memorandum to the district administration seeking closure of Asaram's ashram in Chhindwara. Asaram has been booked under sections 376, 342, 506 and 509 of the IPC, section 8 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and sections 23 and 26 of the Juvenile Justice Act.