Author: PTI
Publication: IBNLive.com
Date: June 5, 2011
URL: http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/ramdev-targets-govt-sonia-threatens-nationwide-agitation/715040.html
Ramdev, who yesterday described Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh as a man of integrity, was asked if he feels Singh was responsible
for the incident. The yoga guru merely said "the ministers said they
are coming from the PM". Ramdev dismissed as "utter lies" police
claim of inputs about threat to him and claimed that they targeted him. "The
policemen who came to the site were of devilish nature. They would have shot
or crushed me to death," he alleged. He said he tried to escape the "brutalities"
at Ramlila by wearing a women's attire but was caught and alleged that he
was nearly strangulated with his scarf by the policemen. "I asked them,
do you want to kill me?" Terming the police action as the "biggest
crime against humanity," he said he will move NHRC with a complaint.
He also accused senior ministers of going back on their promises and said
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal misled him. "Pranab Mukherjee also accepted
that the money coming from Mauritius route was black money," he said.
Asked about the letter of agreement between government and him, he said, "There
is nothing is that letter...They were ready to unleash another Jallianwala
Bagh. We were pressurised to give the letter (about ending the fast by June
6). We were told the otherwise we will have to suffer the consequences."
Earlier in the day, wearing a white ladies suit instead of his trademark saffron
robes, Ramdev accused the government of not being serious about discussing
issues of corruption and black money and alleged that Sibal had cheated him
through "scheming and cunning" attitude. He said "black day"
will be observed across the country tomorrow against the police action.
