Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was turned back from the borders of Muzaffarnagar district on Sunday evening and Section 144 was imposed in the district.
Baba Ramdev who apparently wanted to continue his fast in Uttar Pradesh was stopped and asked to go back. The yoga guru returned to Hardwar.
Meanwhile, chief minister Mayawati has made it clear that Baba Ramdev will not be allowed permission to continue his fast in her state. The Baba’s representative had reportedly sought permission to continue fast in the NCR but was currently refused the same.
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People expect government to act: Bansal
Age Correspondent
chandigarh
June 5: Justifying the Delhi police’s action to physically remove the yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila Maidan, union parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday said, “The people expect government to take action.”
“The government told him (Ramdev) that anything doable would be done immediately. If despite that, despite all assurances, there is government bashing, only to arouse passions, only to spread disaffection amongst people, the people expect the government to take action,” Mr Bansal told reporters in Chandigarh.
Amongst the four central ministers along with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, telecom minister Kapil Sibal and tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahay, who received Baba Ram Dev at the Indira Gandhi International Airport when he landed in Delhi ahead of his protest last week, Mr Bansal claimed government tried its best to resolve the issue.
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Stir in C’garh to protest cop brutality
Age Correspondent
raipur
June 5: People came to the streets at many places in Chhattisgarh on Sunday to protest police brutalities on yoga guru Ramdev and his supporters at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi at unearthly hours, describing it, “barbaric and gross violation of human rights”.
Large number of people, mostly members of Sangh Parivar, and Swabhiman Trust, set up by the yoga master, staged rallies and demonstrations in all 26 towns in the state, including Raipur, to protest the inhuman treatment of women and elderly persons by police at the venue of fast by Ramdev at around 1.30 am on Sunday.
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Advocate moves top court
New Delhi, June 5: An advocate on Sunday approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the government to issue a white paper on the entire episode leading to the eviction of yoga guru Ramdev and the alleged barbaric police action early Sunday against his followers at the Ramlila Maidan.
The petition filed by Ajay Agarwal said in the white paper the government should explain the entire sequence of events, details of negotiations and the so-called deal between the government and Ramdev.
The petition, moved before additional registrar Vinod Kumar who is the vacation officer, sought a direction to the ministry of home affairs, the Intelligence Bureau and Delhi police to produce the entire records leading to the action. —PTI