Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who reached his ashram in Haridwar after being evicted from the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, said that his hunger strike against black money will continue.
He said the government gave him false assurances and that it does not want to bring back black money stashed away in foreign tax havens.
Slamming the government for the assault on his followers in Delhi, the yoga guru said there was a conspiracy to kill him. "Last night's police action is shocking. Forceful eviction of my supporters is barbaric."
Meanwhile, senior BJP Leader LK Advani attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for the police action on Ramdev and his supporters.
"What happened at Ramlila ground was naked fascism. I thought the government was negotiating with Baba Ramdev," he said.
There may be mistakes in Baba's fast but the government is killing democracy, he added.
Earlier, Union minister Kapil Sibal slammed Baba Ramdev and said that the yoga guru is another face of the RSS.
"One who makes assurances and then retracts can't be trusted," he said.
Justifying the police action on Ramdev, Sibal said that he violated the norms by converting the yoga camp into a political camp.
BJP president Nitin Gadkari also slammed the Congress for the midnight assault on yoga guru Baba Ramdev's supporters at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi.
Terming the police action brutal, Gadkari said the non-violent movement by Baba Ramdev was called clamped by police excesses.
The BJP president also announced a 24-hour satyagraha beginning on Sunday evening against the police action.
The RSS also condemned the "brutal" action on Baba Ramdev and his followers and said it was crude attempt by the government to protect the corrupt.
RSS spokesman Ram Madhav wondered whether it was democracy and rule of law in India or it is a police state where action is taken on peaceful protesters at mid night without notice.
He said the police action only showed the government was going out of the way to protect those who break laws and attack those who raise issues.
He said the government gave him false assurances and that it does not want to bring back black money stashed away in foreign tax havens.
Slamming the government for the assault on his followers in Delhi, the yoga guru said there was a conspiracy to kill him. "Last night's police action is shocking. Forceful eviction of my supporters is barbaric."
Meanwhile, senior BJP Leader LK Advani attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for the police action on Ramdev and his supporters.
"What happened at Ramlila ground was naked fascism. I thought the government was negotiating with Baba Ramdev," he said.
There may be mistakes in Baba's fast but the government is killing democracy, he added.
Earlier, Union minister Kapil Sibal slammed Baba Ramdev and said that the yoga guru is another face of the RSS.
"One who makes assurances and then retracts can't be trusted," he said.
Justifying the police action on Ramdev, Sibal said that he violated the norms by converting the yoga camp into a political camp.
BJP president Nitin Gadkari also slammed the Congress for the midnight assault on yoga guru Baba Ramdev's supporters at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi.
Terming the police action brutal, Gadkari said the non-violent movement by Baba Ramdev was called clamped by police excesses.
The BJP president also announced a 24-hour satyagraha beginning on Sunday evening against the police action.
The RSS also condemned the "brutal" action on Baba Ramdev and his followers and said it was crude attempt by the government to protect the corrupt.
RSS spokesman Ram Madhav wondered whether it was democracy and rule of law in India or it is a police state where action is taken on peaceful protesters at mid night without notice.
He said the police action only showed the government was going out of the way to protect those who break laws and attack those who raise issues.
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