Dehradun:
Baba Ramdev has been discharged from hospital, two days after he broke his 9-day fast.
The yoga teacher ended his hunger-strike against black money and corruption on Sunday after a galaxy of religious and political leaders met him at the Himalayan Hospital in Dehradun and convinced him to drink a glass of juice.
"Baba Ramdev stable now, fit to be released," said Dr S L Jethani from the Himalyan Hospital.
The man who played a pivotal role in convincing Baba Ramdev is Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar, who met him thrice at the hospital. Sri Sri Ravishankar also announced the end of Baba Ramdev's fast.
The yoga icon whose followers run into lakhs started his fast last Saturday morning in Delhi at the Ramlila Maidan; 65,000 people were in attendance that Saturday night when the police broke up the camp with teargassing and a lathicharge. The Baba was evicted and flown back to Uttarakhand.
Ramdev resumed his hunger strike at his Hardwar ashram, briefing the media regularly all through last week. On Friday, his condition deteriorated and he was carried out of his ashram in Haridwar on a stretcher and was admitted to the Himalayan Hospital in Dehradun. Doctors attending to him said then that his liver had been affected and his blood pressure was worryingly low because of his hunger strike.
Baba Ramdev's hunger strike
The action at Ramlila Maidan ended days of negotiation between the government and the Baba over his suggestions for how to tackle the problem of crores of untaxed money that have been shipped abroad. The late-night violence united Opposition parties who accused the government of violating citizens' right to peacefully protest. Civil activists who have declared Gandhian Anna Hazare their leader pounded the government too, with public criticism and a one-day fast at Rajghat on Wednesday.
The government has disclosed that various tax inquiries are being conducted against the Baba's business empire whose reported turnover is more than a thousand crore. Yesterday, the Baba retaliated by declaring online the balance sheets of the four trusts that he runs for charitable purposes. However, he did not share the financial records of the 34 companies that are linked to him and are run by his close aide, Acharya Balakrishna.
The Baba has also been forced to defend a controversial remark he made earlier this week - that he would recruit 11,000 young men and women who would reciprocate if attacked. Yesterday, he said his remark had been distorted and misreported. "The words should be used in the right context... I said I will make a force that will not beat anyone but they will not get beaten either," the yoga teacher said, adding, "what is the harm or wrong if I speak about shaurya (valour)".
The Baba's remark - seen as incendiary by his critics - had also provoked criticism from other social activists and a warning of legal action from the government.
The yoga teacher ended his hunger-strike against black money and corruption on Sunday after a galaxy of religious and political leaders met him at the Himalayan Hospital in Dehradun and convinced him to drink a glass of juice.
"Baba Ramdev stable now, fit to be released," said Dr S L Jethani from the Himalyan Hospital.
The man who played a pivotal role in convincing Baba Ramdev is Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar, who met him thrice at the hospital. Sri Sri Ravishankar also announced the end of Baba Ramdev's fast.
The yoga icon whose followers run into lakhs started his fast last Saturday morning in Delhi at the Ramlila Maidan; 65,000 people were in attendance that Saturday night when the police broke up the camp with teargassing and a lathicharge. The Baba was evicted and flown back to Uttarakhand.
Ramdev resumed his hunger strike at his Hardwar ashram, briefing the media regularly all through last week. On Friday, his condition deteriorated and he was carried out of his ashram in Haridwar on a stretcher and was admitted to the Himalayan Hospital in Dehradun. Doctors attending to him said then that his liver had been affected and his blood pressure was worryingly low because of his hunger strike.
Baba Ramdev's hunger strike
The action at Ramlila Maidan ended days of negotiation between the government and the Baba over his suggestions for how to tackle the problem of crores of untaxed money that have been shipped abroad. The late-night violence united Opposition parties who accused the government of violating citizens' right to peacefully protest. Civil activists who have declared Gandhian Anna Hazare their leader pounded the government too, with public criticism and a one-day fast at Rajghat on Wednesday.
The government has disclosed that various tax inquiries are being conducted against the Baba's business empire whose reported turnover is more than a thousand crore. Yesterday, the Baba retaliated by declaring online the balance sheets of the four trusts that he runs for charitable purposes. However, he did not share the financial records of the 34 companies that are linked to him and are run by his close aide, Acharya Balakrishna.
The Baba has also been forced to defend a controversial remark he made earlier this week - that he would recruit 11,000 young men and women who would reciprocate if attacked. Yesterday, he said his remark had been distorted and misreported. "The words should be used in the right context... I said I will make a force that will not beat anyone but they will not get beaten either," the yoga teacher said, adding, "what is the harm or wrong if I speak about shaurya (valour)".
The Baba's remark - seen as incendiary by his critics - had also provoked criticism from other social activists and a warning of legal action from the government.
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