The Tamasha fast by Baba Ramdev has been interrupted by the Police teargassing the venue as violence erupted and Ramdev is reported to have been moved out of the ground/Delhi.
Ramdev has been becoming belligerent and true to his self by saying one thing to the Government and denying it later.
Read my other blogs on Ramdev as well.
He is reported to have agreed to the Draft agreement which has been confirmed in writing by his aide and Ramdev denied it later.
He has issued veiled threat that his followers from across the villages will storm Delhi.
To me it looks as though Ramdev is looking for confrontation with the Government.
The Ramlila Maidan, which has witnessed a series of historic protests, was filled with tear gas soon around 1.30 am after police swarmed the protest site and Ramdev was whisked away by the police.
The premises, where the organisers claimed that over 50,000 people had joined the protest, lay deserted with mattresses thrown around, unattended bags, sandals and other articles.
Some people who were still in the pandal were forced to leave the place after the police action.
Deputy Commissioners Police from several district were asked to rushed to the spot. ….
The first signs of the crackdown came shortly after 1 am, with a heavy contingent of Delhi Police landing up at the Ramlila Grounds and surrounding the protest site sensing trouble. The crowds resisted and began forming rings around the stage in their bid to prevent any forcible eviction leading to scuffles.
By 1.30 am a shaken Baba Ramdev soon appeared on the stage, took the public address system and began addressing the gathering. Taking turns to exhort the crowd to stay peaceful and also protesting what he called an unfair action, he even appealed to the people of Delhi to march towards Ramlila Grounds…
The government gave Ramdev written assurances that in addition to existing laws relating to black money, a committee would examine the measures to strengthen the existing legal and administrative framework to deal with the generation of black money. The committee’s terms of reference would include ways to declare wealth generated illegally as a national asset; enacting or amending laws to confiscate and recover such assets and providing for exemplary punishment against its perpetrators. It would consult all stakeholders and give its report in six months.
Sources.
Business Standard.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/midnight-swoop-by-police-ends-ramdev-camp/156798-3.html
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ramdev-centre-talks-inconclusive/437898/
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