Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said police action against yoga guru Ramdev’s supporters was “unfortunate but unavoidable”. He said his government was fighting corruption but had no magic wand to end it.

As the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government tried to reclaim the political ground lost to the campaign against corruption led by the Ramdev-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agitation, Congress leaders criticised Ramdev’s rhetoric and justified action against his supporters, putting the party and the government on the same page.

“Satyagraha is not a matter of wearing women’s clothes and running away from police. Those who compare religious yoga gurus with Mahatma Gandhi have no conception of what Gandhi really was. It is ridiculous to compare what happened in Ramlila Maidan with events of Jallianwala Bagh,” said Congress General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi.

Party General Secretary and Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the action was aimed at enforcing law and order. He said Ramdev reneged on his word to call off the agitation and the government had no option but to prevent more people from gathering as that could have become a law and order problem. For more visit: Business Standard

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