Refuting the police claims that there was no lathicharge during the crackdown, he said Rajbala had injuries on her body.
NEW DELHI: Three weeks after he was evicted from Delhi, yoga guru Baba Ramdev returned to the Capital and slammed the Manmohan Singh government over the police action at the Ramlila Maidan, where he and his supporters were protesting on the issue of black money.
"Democracy was murdered at the Ramlila Maidan. The government can't silence us. We will continue to raise our voice against corruption," he said, addressing a press conference here after meeting Rajbala, one of the injured protestors.
Refuting the police claims that there was no lathicharge during the crackdown, he said Rajbala had injuries on her body. "If the police says there was no lathicharge, then who did it? She is on a ventilator. If she lives, she won't be able to walk again," he said, adding that once her ventilator is removed it would require a miracle to save her.
"At Ramlila Maidan, the police did not come to arrest me, but wanted to kill me. I won't give any evidence right now, because the case is pending with the Supreme Court," he said. He said the police attacked his supporters when they tried to extinguish the fire on the stage, which had been sparked off in an attempt to kill him. "The government is corrupt and now it has become cruel also," Ramdev said. The yoga guru also lent his support to Anna Hazare's team on the Lokpal bill saying the Prime Minister should be brought under its ambit. Ramdev's return adds to the troubles of the government, which is at loggerheads with Hazare's team.
The Gandhian has threatened to go on fast if his team's version of the Lokpal bill was not passed in the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Ramdev said he does not belong to any political party and only represented people. The police action at Ramlila Maidan had brought the government under attack from the Opposition and large sections of society. Earlier, the government had tried to negotiate with Ramdev on his list of demands to recover black money from tax havens.
NEW DELHI: Three weeks after he was evicted from Delhi, yoga guru Baba Ramdev returned to the Capital and slammed the Manmohan Singh government over the police action at the Ramlila Maidan, where he and his supporters were protesting on the issue of black money.
"Democracy was murdered at the Ramlila Maidan. The government can't silence us. We will continue to raise our voice against corruption," he said, addressing a press conference here after meeting Rajbala, one of the injured protestors.
Refuting the police claims that there was no lathicharge during the crackdown, he said Rajbala had injuries on her body. "If the police says there was no lathicharge, then who did it? She is on a ventilator. If she lives, she won't be able to walk again," he said, adding that once her ventilator is removed it would require a miracle to save her.
"At Ramlila Maidan, the police did not come to arrest me, but wanted to kill me. I won't give any evidence right now, because the case is pending with the Supreme Court," he said. He said the police attacked his supporters when they tried to extinguish the fire on the stage, which had been sparked off in an attempt to kill him. "The government is corrupt and now it has become cruel also," Ramdev said. The yoga guru also lent his support to Anna Hazare's team on the Lokpal bill saying the Prime Minister should be brought under its ambit. Ramdev's return adds to the troubles of the government, which is at loggerheads with Hazare's team.
The Gandhian has threatened to go on fast if his team's version of the Lokpal bill was not passed in the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Ramdev said he does not belong to any political party and only represented people. The police action at Ramlila Maidan had brought the government under attack from the Opposition and large sections of society. Earlier, the government had tried to negotiate with Ramdev on his list of demands to recover black money from tax havens.
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