Anna Hazare Puts Conditions For Baba Ramdev Participation
posted on Jun 27, 2011 @ 12:52PM
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was seen at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, sharing stage with social activist Anna Hazare in his crusade against corruption. But the scenario has changed after the recent drama involving Baba Ramdev in Delhi. Now Ramdev wants to tag along Anna, in the campaign against Jan Lokpal bill that government is trying to bring in, but Anna has his own reservations in associating with Baba Ramdev.
Baba Ramdev and his protest against corruption faced police action when the cops dismantled his huge yoga camp plus sit-in-protest in Delhi on June 5. The police lathicharged and teargassed the 65,000 people who were with Baba Ramdev at Ramlila Maidan; the yoga teacher was evicted and flown back to Uttarakhand. Opposition parties said the government's action was "a murder of democracy." Other activists like Gandhian Anna Hazare rose to the Baba's defence. That's when Baba made the unwise pronouncement that he would train an army of 11,000 young men and women who would be equipped to strike back if they were attacked. And this very statement is now compelling Anna Hazare to put some conditions before approving Ramdev's participation in the latter's future crusade against corruption.