<div><font color="Navy">June 7, 2011
Ramdev makes conciliatory noises towards Congress
Brijesh Pandey - Tehelka - 07 June 2011
The yoga guru has not ended the fast but has attracted only 25 supporters so far !
Baba Ramdev said on Tuesday that he had forgiven the prime minister for the atrocities against him and his supporters at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi in the wee hours of Sunday when they were observing fast against black money.
"I have forgiven the Prime Minister for the atrocities against me and my supporters," he said, while addressing his supporters at his ashram in Haridwar in the morning, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the police action against him as "unfortunate, but unavoidable".
In his address, Ramdev categorically denied the speculations that he was trying to negotiate with the government and planning to call off his fast.
It was a very subdued Ramdev who spoke in Haridwar on Tuesday. Contrary to his earlier statements before the fast, Ramdev sounded more accommodating towards the civil society group, led by Anna Hazare, which is fighting for a strong Lokpal Bill.
"There are no differences between me and the civil society," he said, while declaring that his supporters would join Hazare
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Ramdev makes conciliatory noises towards Congress
Brijesh Pandey - Tehelka - 07 June 2011
The yoga guru has not ended the fast but has attracted only 25 supporters so far !
Baba Ramdev said on Tuesday that he had forgiven the prime minister for the atrocities against him and his supporters at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi in the wee hours of Sunday when they were observing fast against black money.
"I have forgiven the Prime Minister for the atrocities against me and my supporters," he said, while addressing his supporters at his ashram in Haridwar in the morning, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the police action against him as "unfortunate, but unavoidable".
In his address, Ramdev categorically denied the speculations that he was trying to negotiate with the government and planning to call off his fast.
It was a very subdued Ramdev who spoke in Haridwar on Tuesday. Contrary to his earlier statements before the fast, Ramdev sounded more accommodating towards the civil society group, led by Anna Hazare, which is fighting for a strong Lokpal Bill.
"There are no differences between me and the civil society," he said, while declaring that his supporters would join Hazare
More...