Gorakhpur (UP), Choosing a strange way to file his nomination from Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, independent candidate Rajan Yadav reached the District Magistrate's office on Tuesday sitting on a bier.

Yadav, popularly known as 'Arthi Baba', says that he has done MBA but now he is a Buddhist monk and is living on alms. He has unsuccessfully contested elections in the past also.

Yadav says he has opened his election office at a cremation ground and does not want to raise issues affecting the common man like vehicle fines under the new Moto Vehicles Act, which he wants to repeal.

“Where will an unemployed laborer get the money to pay such a heavy fine,” he said.

He also said that the discontinued lifetime incoming call facility on mobile phones should be restarted.

Yadav says he decided to remain unmarried because he wanted to dedicate his life to protecting democracy in the country.

Elections will be held in the last phase on June 1 for the high-profile Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, the stronghold of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.