Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former deputy prime minister L K Advani on Friday criticised the Union government, saying the crackdown on yoga guru Ramdev's agitation at Ramlila Ground reminded him of the Emergency days in 1975.
Supporting social activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev's joint crusade for a strong Lokpal bill, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said his party welcomes all those fighting black money and corruption.
The Uttarakhand high court on Thursday granted bail to yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, nearly a month after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a case pertaining to fake documents. After hearing the bail application, a single judge bench of Justice Tarun Agrawal granted bail to Balkrishna.
Noting the country is passing through a transitional phase, Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju on Monday said social activist Anna Hazare and Yoga Guru Ramdev's crusade against corruption is nothing but an empty gas.
Taking an apparent dig at Yoga guru Ramdev's second agitation at Ramlila grounds, Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that Ramlila is performed every year.
The Delhi police has named former army chief V K Singh and yoga guru Ramdev in an FIR registered in connection with the clashes between their supporters and police at Jantar Mantar during a protest against the gang-rape of a paramedic student.
As he prepares to launch his indefinite protest against corruption and blackmoney from Thursday, yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday said he has no political agenda and refused to comment on erstwhile Team Anna's decision to take political plunge.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday joined Team Anna's indefinite fast on the third day of the agitation, which has so far failed to evoke popular support, even as he disapproved attacks against President Pranab Mukherjee.
Union minister Ambika Soni on Friday defended her cabinet colleague P Chidambaram in the last year's midnight crackdown at Ramlila Maidan, saying that the Supreme Court had only held Delhi police and yoga guru Ramdev's organisation responsible for the incident.
Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam has accused yoga guru Ramdev of evading taxes and making yoga a business. Speaking at an event in Delhi on Friday, both Ramdev and Nirupam traded charges and tried to puncture the opponent's arguments on black money. Nirupam went on the offensive first, alleging that Ramdev was "doing business in the name of yoga" and it was "unfortunate" that he was spreading lies about black money.
With the Enforcement Directorate probing charges of Foreign Currency Regulatory Act violations by his trusts, Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday accused the government of hatching a conspiracy to stop him from going ahead with his movement against black money.
Yoga Guru Ramdev's confidant Balkrishna will appear before Central Bureau of Investigation officials in Dehra Dun on Wednesday to be interrogated for allegedly procuring fake educational certificates and getting a passport on their basis.
Padukone has been drawing flak from right wing leaders and trolls for expressing solidarity with the students on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in New Delhi who were protesting against the January 5 violence.
In the wake of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's remarks against the Opposition and civil society, Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari said on Monday her charges were baseless and sought to know if the Congress feels yoga guru Ramdev's demand for bringing back black money is anti-national.
Attacking the United Progressive Alliance government and threatening a fight to the finish by August on the black money issue, Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday sat on a day-long fast to protest against corruption.
Virtually snubbing Arvind Kejriwal, yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday disapproved of the Team Anna member's comments against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other politicians during his fast along with Anna Hazare, saying he was against personal criticism.
Widening its probe into the finances of yoga guru Ramdev, the Enforcement Directorate has summoned his aide Balkrishna in connection with a foreign exchange violation case registered against their trusts.
"I had a strong belief in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but now I do not have faith in him," Hazare said during his visit to Ratnagiri.
A Delhi court on Tuesday asked the city police to apprise it of the action taken by it on a complaint against Yoga Guru Ramdev for his controversial remarks against parliamentarians.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Monday continued his tirade against Members of Parliament, terming some of them as "corrupt, amoral and murderers".
Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday sought to find fault with the Rajya Sabha nomination to Sachin Tendulkar, alleging that the "sinking" Congress might have pressured him to accept the honour to enhance its prestige.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday announced a fresh agitation targeting Congress from October 2 that will last till next Lok Sabha elections with immediate attention on upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
The Enforcement Directorate has slapped notices against yoga guru Ramdev and his two trusts for alleged violations of foreign exchange laws.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday asked the people to "teach Congress a lesson" by not voting for its candidates in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls because of the party's "failure" in bringing back black money stashed away abroad.
The food department officials collected samples of honey, salt, gram floor among other things from the ashram during the nearly 3-hour raid
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Tuesday said her party was supportive of the black money issue raised by yoga guru Ramdev but she did not agree with the way he allowed National Democratic Alliance leaders to make speeches from his platform against other political parties.
The Delhi Police on Tuesday made a fresh appeal to yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters to vacate Ambedekar Stadium, citing security concerns ahead of Independence Day.
Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday said corruption is a kind of violence and yoga guru Ramdev's movement is helpful in reminding people and leaders of the country that something should be done to weed it out.
As yoga guru Ramdev raised the pitch against Congress over the issue of black money, United Progressive Alliance ally Samajwadi Party on Monday said it will support anybody who fights for the cause.
Ramdev's fast entered the third day on Saturday with the yoga guru threatening to intensify his agitation if his demands on black money and Lokpal bill are not met by the deadline set by him.
As his fast entered the second day, yoga guru Ramdev on Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demonstrate "political honesty and political will" in bringing back black money stashed away in foreign shores which can be spent on empowering the people.
Protesters led by yoga guru Ramdev and former army chief V K Singh clashed with police at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday afternoon when they were prevented from marching towards India Gate, the epicentre of protests against gang-rape of a 23-year-old.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday launched his second round of indefinite protest in New Delhi demanding bringing back of black money stashed away abroad.
Action will be taken against erring police personnel involved in midnight crackdown on yoga guru Ramdev and his supporters at the Ramlila ground last June after identifying them, he government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, arrested for his alleged roles in case of forgery and violation of the Indian Passport Act, on Thursday moved a local court for bail.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday met his aide Balkrishna, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a fake document case, in a jail in Dehradun, police sources said.
A Central Bureau of Investigation court on Saturday rejected the bail application of yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna and remanded him in nine-day judicial custody in a fake document case.
Hours after the arrest of his close aide Balkrishna, Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday alleged that the government was taking such steps to scare him and break his resolve in the fight for bringing back black money stashed abroad.
Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna was on Friday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him by a special court in Dehradun in an alleged fake documents case.
Ahead of their proposed protests in New Delhi, Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday launched an attack on the UPA government accusing it of not showing enough resolve in tackling corruption and bringing back black money stashed away abroad.
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