Ramdev announces fresh anti-Cong agitation from Oct 2

Yoga guru Ramdev today announced a fresh agitation targeting Congress from October two that will last till next Lok Sabha elections with immediate attention on upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

Addressing a press conference, Ramdev said he will continue his work despite Congress targeting him and his fight will be for a change in power and system.

"People will give a suitable answer to Congress (for targeting us). What will it do to us when it is on a dissolving path on its own," he said.

Though the location of launch of the fresh campaign was not announced at the press meet, Ramdev said the programme is likely to start from Himachal Pradesh.

He said the immediate priority is the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

Asked whether he was on a collision course with erstwhile Team Anna as it is likely to announce its political party on the same day, he said he was not in competition with anybody and that he will not comment on whether he will support them.

Queried about a survey which put Anna Hazare above him, he refused comment initially but later said it was done by a foreign agency.

"Media only said when I came (to Jantar Mantar for Hazare's agitation), crowd came and when I went, the crowd left," he said.

Targeting Congress on the coal block allocation issue, Ramdev alleged the party has garnered "gold medal in scams" and described it as a "sinking ship".

Asked why he was shying away from pointing fingers at BJP, whose state governments were also named in the CAG report that he used to target Congress, he said, "Many parties are involved in this. But Congress is in the leadership. They have got the gold medal in scams. Whoever is involved in corruption should be punished. This whole allocation should be cancelled."

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