Dramatic scenes were witnessed outside the residence of former UP Chief Minister N.D Tiwari on Friday when Ujjwala Sharma, the mother of his son Rohit Shekhar, backed by some aides staged a dharna at the high security location here. Ms. Sharma alleged that the security personnel at Mr. Tiwari's residence were trying to prevent her from meeting the senior Congress leader. She accused Bhawani Bhatt, the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at Mr. Tiwari's residence, of trying to prevent her and Rohit from living with Mr. Tiwari. Ms. Sharma has also filed a police complaint against Mr. Bhatt, who allegedly forced her out of the house late night on April 17.
This comes weeks after Mr. Tiwari admitted before a court that Rohit Shekhar was his biological son after a protracted legal battle over > Rohit's parentage . “All I want to do is look after Mr. Tiwari in his old age. He has reconciled with me and my son. But some people want a monopoly over his property so they don't want his family to be with him,” said Ms. Sharma, a retired lecturer. Ms. Sharma said that she was being denied entry into the residence after the security personnel had issued a press statement allegedly signed by Mr. Tiwari that said that he has “nothing to do with her.”
Ms. Sharma, however, alleged that Mr. Tiwari's scanned signature was manipulated. “If he knows that I am standing outside his house, he will come and take me inside,” Ms. Sharma told journalists.
