Baba Ramdev to go on Hunger Strike

After Anna Hazare's campaign, more trouble is brewing for the government. Baba Ramdev is threatening to launch his campaign against corruption. "These are complex issues. Talks will have to continue. Constitutional form has to be given to a strategy to tackle corruption. I will go on fast on June 4," said Baba Ramdev on Tuesday.

The yoga guru will start his hunger strike this Saturday to compel the government to bring back the black money stashed away in foreign banks. Fearing a repeat of the Anna movement, the government is trying to persuade Baba Ramdev to call off his hunger strike. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh convened a Cabinet Committee on Politcal Affairs meeting on Monday to discuss how to prevent Baba Ramdev's proposed agitation. Some ministers are in touch with Baba Ramdev to stop him from going on fast.

Sources say the government is worried that Ramdev too may have the same public response as Anna Hazare did earlier. Earlier this week, the government set up a committee on the black money issue as this is one of issues raised by Baba Ramdev. All this comes against a backdrop of deadlock between the government and social activists over the inclusion of the prime minister and the judiciary in the Lokpal bill.
 

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.