Baba Ramdev slams Congress

DIBRUGARH: Barely two days after being called "a bloody Indian dog" by a Congress MP in Arunachal Pradesh, yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday said it's time to oust the party, allegedly neck-deep in corruption, from power.

Ramdev, who had announced the launch of his political party in June and is currently in the northeast for his Bharat Swabhiman Andolan, got a taste of politics at a camp at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday when Congress MP Ninong Ering allegedly called him a "bloody Indian dog".

"If a Congress MP can abuse me in my own country for speaking against corruption, what sort of patriotism does the party talk about? What respect does the leader concerned has for our motherland," Ramdev asked hundreds of his followers who had gathered here to attend a camp.

"It's time to throw the Congress government out of power. The party has ruled the country for over 50 years. But what have we got except corruption? Everywhere we go, we come to know of more corruption and more scams," the yoga guru said. "We need to cleanse the entire political system. I appeal to all of you to fight against corruption unitedly," he added.

Ering, who had denied the charge, was asked by Congress to explain his conduct. He maintained that he had protested against Ramdev for the latter's questioning the merit of conferring Bharat Ratna on Rajiv Gandhi.

Ramdev also accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of being reluctant to take action against his "corrupt colleagues" in the Union cabinet. "Over `300 lakh crore have been stashed away in foreign banks. If the Prime Minister was sincere in his approach, he would have taken steps to bring the money back to the country," he said. "But since most people involved in the scam belong to Congress, the government is silent on the issue," Ramdev added.

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