Govt On Ramdev

The Government today hit back at Ramdev saying that his was a "political agitation which is fully backed by the RSS and its front organisations" and made it clear that it would not "allow anything that will trigger a conflagration".Home Minister P Chidambaram disclosed that the Government had decided in advance that if Ramdev goes on a fast-unto-de...

"A swami who teaches yoga to the country should not teach us political asanas (poses)" said Kapil Sibal, one of the two senior ministers who were deputed to make peace for the government with Baba Ramdev.The Baba was evicted last night from Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, where 65,000 people had joined him for his "satyagraha" against corruption.The crowd...

Baba Ramdev began his indefinite hunger strike at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi today. The yoga icon describes his fast as a "satyagraha against corruption and black money." The government yesterday failed to persuade him to call off his plans and sources now say there will be no further formal talks with him as 90 per cent of his demands have be...

The Government today hit back at Ramdev saying that his was a "political agitation which is fully backed by the RSS and its front organisations" and made it clear that it would not "allow anything that will trigger a conflagration".Home Minister P Chidambaram disclosed that the Government had decided in advance that if Ramdev goes on a fast-unto-de...

"A swami who teaches yoga to the country should not teach us political asanas (poses)" said Kapil Sibal, one of the two senior ministers who were deputed to make peace for the government with Baba Ramdev.The Baba was evicted last night from Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, where 65,000 people had joined him for his "satyagraha" against corruption.The crowd...

Baba Ramdev began his indefinite hunger strike at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi today. The yoga icon describes his fast as a "satyagraha against corruption and black money." The government yesterday failed to persuade him to call off his plans and sources now say there will be no further formal talks with him as 90 per cent of his demands have be...