Irked Asaram Bapu claims to be neither saint nor preacher, says he belongs to the 'category of donkeys'

Jodhpur: Irked by a reporter’s question on the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad describing him as a “fake” sadhu, self-styled godman Asaram on Thursday said he belonged to the category of “donkeys”. Asaram, who is facing a court trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl, was asked to react to the parishad’s decision when he was brought to the court premises. [caption id=“attachment_2470274” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Asaram Bapu. AFP[/caption] The reporter wanted to know that since the parishad, the apex body of Hindu saints in the country, had made it clear that Asaram was neither a “saint” nor a “preacher”, which category did he belong to. “The category of donkeys,” the self-styled godman said while climbing the stairs of the trial court, where he is being produced on a daily basis in connection with the case. Asaram had not been talking to the media during his court appearances of late in the wake of a petition filed in the high court, objecting to the presence of his devotees on the court premises. The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad has recently come up with a list of “fake babas”, cautioning the countrymen against them. The names of Asaram and his son Narayan Sai feature in it.