Angry at the disruption of his hunger strike, Baba Ramdev on Sunday lashed out at the government and targeted Sonia Gandhi over the ‘police barbarism’ on his supporters while threatening a nationwide agitation.
Terming police action on women and children at Ramlila ground as a ‘blot to democracy,’ he claimed that there was a conspiracy by the Centre to get him killed and a threat was issued to him during a meeting with senior ministers.
Ramdev, who was detained in a dramatic fashion at his rally before being flown here from Delhi, appeared shaken and upset, often nearing tears as he narrated the developments of the midnight crackdown on his followers.
"The barbarism and atrocities inflicted by police on one lakh people crossed all limits ... such atrocities were not seen elsewhere other than in China where thousands were killed, he said, apparently referring to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
"The satyagraha has not ended ... The government must answer. We will go door-to-door in every village across the nation to talk about the barbarism of this government. We will again go to Delhi or if there is conspiracy to oppress us, we may sit on satyagraha at a place near Delhi," Ramdev said.
Attacking Sonia, he said: "She is running government by remote-control. She is daughter-in-law of this country ... she does not love the mothers and sisters of this country."
Ramdev also said if anything happens to him, Sonia and Congress government will be responsible. "The government, especially the Congress, do not want to see me alive as my movement can expose their black deeds," he said.