Ramdev threatens armed fight,govt says ‘law will deal with you’

“I appeal that 20 young men from every district should come here. We will train them in both shahstra (Vedas) and shastra (weapons),” Ramdev,who is continuing his hunger strike,told his followers here.

The yoga guru said,“We will prepare 11,000 men and women so that next time we don’t lose any battle at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.”

Both the government and the Congress reacted sharply to Ramdev’s move.

Home Minister P Chidambaram said,“By making that statement,he has exposed his true colours and true intentions. Let him do so and the law will deal with that… You have to observe some discipline.”

“It is anti-national and we have to take action,” said V Narayanswamy,Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office.

Congress said Ramdev’s call for an armed rebellion is a serious issue and hoped that the government will take appropriate action to uphold the Constitution and maintain law and order.

The government’s initial move to placate Ramdev boomeranged when he went ahead.

Responding to questions at a press conference,Chidambaram said action against Ramdev followed after he defied orders.

According to Delhi police,“minimum force” was used at the Ramlila Maidan,he said. The police has got a notice from the Supreme Court and it will explain its stand,he said.

The Home Minister said Ramlila Maidan was located in a sensitive area. “A small spark can trigger a conflagration,” he noted.

Ramdev’s call shows his violent nature: Congress

New Delhi: The Congress today said Baba Ramdev’s call for an armed rebellion shows his “violent temperament” and demanded “some action” against the yoga guru for his comments.

The party also said leaders of BJP and other saffron outfits like VHP meeting Ramdev at his ashram in Haridwar shows that he is a “mask” of these organisations.

“His remarks shows his violent temperament and there should be some action against him,” Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh,a vocal critic of the yoga guru,said.

He said Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj meeting Ramdev today indeed showed that he is a “mask

of the BJP and other saffron outfits”.

Party spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan hoped that the government will take appropriate action to uphold the Constitution and maintain law and order.

Ramdev’s statement to give arms training to 11,000 young men and women to fight against corruption was “against Constitution and against the lawful elected government”,Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan said.

“We would like to know if the plan to start an armed rebellion against the Centre?” she asked.

Taking exception to Swaraj meeting Ramdev today,Natarajan asked whether the BJP was also a party to the plan to start an “armed struggle”.

“Is it correct for the Leader of Opposition to meet Ramdev in Hardiwar when he has called for a war against the government? It is for the BJP to answer whether they are

supporting (the plan) and what Swaraj doing there,” she said.

On whether Ramdev’s statement amounted to sedition and if he should be put behind bars,Natarajan said whatever the yoga guru has said was “completely against the rule of law and the Constitution”.