New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Ved Pratap Vaidik said Tuesday that he met Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed in Lahore as a journalist.

"I met him as a journalist. All doors are open for me," Vaidik told the media, after his meeting with Saeed, who masterminded the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, triggered a major row. "I am not close to anyone or any party. I am known as the greatest opponent of the Congress," he added, after the Congress took the lead in denouncing his meeting with Saeed.