Baba Ramdev Opposes Anna Hazare on PM Issue
posted on May 31, 2011 @ 7:37PM
Differences appeared to have cropped up in the civil society over the demand for inclusion of the Prime Minister and higher judiciary in the Lokpal Bill with Baba Ramdev opposing such a move. The yoga guru, wondered at a press conference in Sehore how top positions like the Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India could be brought under the ambit of Lokpal.
Baba Ramdev, who lent support to Anna Hazare in his campaign against corruption when he went on a fast at Jantar Mantar, however, refused to call off his own fast from June 4 till government conceded all his demands. Reacting to Baba's comments, Arvind Kejriwal, one of the members of the joint committee on drafting the Lokpal Bill, said they would try to convince him about inclusion of the Prime Minister in the Lokpal ambit. He said probably the yoga guru may not be aware of the full implications of the issue and they would try to convince him why it was necessary.