Ramdev's Eviction Sets Off Political War Of Words

The dramatic eviction of Baba Ramdev in the middle of night in a swoop by Delhi police today set off a slugfest between the UPA and the Sangh Parivar and the yoga guru who announced that he would continue his agitation against black money.

The first political fallout of the police action was the decision of civil society activists led by Anna Hazare to boycott tomorrow’s meeting of the Joint Drafting Committee on Lokpal and the threat to resume the agitation in Jantar Mantar.

The police action of firing teargas shells and lathicharge on people in the Ramlila Maidan who were woken up in their sleep in the dead of the night drew sharply critical attacks from BJP and chief ministers Mayawati, Nitish Kumar, Prakash Singh Badal and Naveen Patnaik and former CMs Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chandrababu Naidu.

But the government and the Congress came out in strong defence of the decision to evict the 46-year-old Ramdev and legions of his followers, accusing him of going back on his word of withdrawing his fast after reaching an understanding on the issue of measures to bring back black money stashed abroad.

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