16 March,2010 05:57 PM IST | | Agencies
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev plans to float his own political party with an objective to cleanse the system. Ramdev said he won't fight elections personally, but would field candidates in all Lok Sabha constituencies.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev Sunday said he would field candidates in the next Lok Sabha elections if the central government does not take sincere steps to curb corruption, which he termed as the main reason behind the spread of Maoism.
| Yoga Guru Ramdev |
Emphasising that problems like Maoism can never be erased by dialogue or force, the yoga guru said these are derivatives of economic inequality and corruption at the grassroots level.
Calling for mass participation in his 'Bharat Swabhimaan' campaign, Ramdev said that the initiative has been started to make a complete change in the country's governance.
He asked people to launch a 'crusade' against corruption and political nepotism while also starting the practice of Yoga to 'restore morality'.
"I believe death sentence is the only answer to contain corruption and other social evils. Most of the politicians themselves indulge in social crimes for vote-bank politics. It is high time for common people to raise their voices against the corruption," Ramdev said.
Claiming that "Rs.150,000 crore has been siphoned-off by the politicians and bureaucrats, and deposited in their personal accounts outside the country so far," he said "if the entire money was pulled back, India's GDP would be at least four times higher than the existing GDP".
"Agar sarkar hai imandar to kyon hain bhrastachar? (If the government is honest, why is there corruption in the society?)," he asked.
