Baba Ramdev to field candidates for LS
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, APRIL 30
“I don’t won’t to be a mantri or pradhan mantri,” said Baba Ramdev while emphasising that his mission is to ensure that people of this country are freed from corruption, disease and addiction.
Baba Ramdev who has cult following in the country spoke about his plans of forming a political party and contesting parliamentary election so that clean, honest and persons are elected to power while addressing a press conference on Friday here. However he said, he has no ambitions to be in the seat of power. He is in Goa to conduct a four-day Yog camp that begins from May 1 at Farmagudi.
“People have faith in him and I want to create awareness and change everything,” he said explaining his purpose of extending his role beyond medicine and health.
The Yoga camp is conducted through Bharat Swabhiman Trust (BST), wing of Patanjali Yogpeeth, Hardwar as a part of its endeavour to help people to free themselves of health ailments through Yoga practices.
SPENDING MILLIONS ON MEDICINES: Saying that healthy India is a step toward building of a strong nation, Baba Ramdev also pointed out that country is losing millions on expenses towards medicines.
He said, one can avail instant benefits through Yog practices and need not spend on doctor if one regularly practice Pranayam and Kapalbhati. He also pointed that he is not spreading superstitions but his teachings are scientific based and evolved through continous research and study. People should practice Yoga regularly and get rid of all types of diseases and addicts, Ramdev Baba appealed.
If on one hand BST has been conducting regular classes of Yog through trained Yog teachers in the villages across the country, on the other hand it is also creating awareness against corruption.
NOT ALL POLITICOS CORRUPT: Current situation in the country is so pathetic that it appears keys of the safe are in the hands of robbers or they are the guardians, he said talking about current lot of politicians. However, he also said not all are corrupt and un-honest. The number of clean and honest people in politics is very less, he said while replying to a query.
NOT IN ASSEMBLY POLLS: “A change in the working of the country could be effected only when the number of good and clean people will exceed the number of corrupt politicians,” he said explaining his purpose of floating a political party.
While replying to another question he clarified that his party will not contest assembly in any of the States. “The changes we want to bring in are not into the domain of State subjects”, he said.
TO SUPPORT MEN OF CHARACTER: He also expressed a possibility of his party extending support to LS candidates from other parties however the criteria will be that candidate has to be person of character. When pointed out how will he able to check that candidates joining BST are not corrupt and honest, he said, he accept 100 per cent moral responsibility for candidates that BST will support.
He also stated that no political party needs to be afraid of him if they cleanse their parties of criminals, corruption and characterless people.