Baba singles out Congress

No one in this country can deny that there is no corruption in the government. But at the same time, no one can say that the corruption prevails only in Congress party and all other political parties are clean and honest. In the prevailing situation, singling out only Congress, holding it responsible for all the corruption in Central and state governments and giving clarion call to oust it by the Yoga Guru Ramdev are nothing but his political bias against it. Baba’s support for NDA and sharing of dais with BJP President Nitin Gadkari, NDA Convenor and JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav leave no one in doubt about his political agenda. Baba Ramdev has taken very clear political stand against the ruling Congress that makes his movement for bringing back black money stashed abroad very confusing, conflicting with the clear reflection about his political agenda. The selective attack on political party for corruption will never succeed in fighting it out. The reality is that the corruption prevails in the entire political class, no matter which party the politicians belong to. Though it is also a fact that some of the leaders belonging to different political parties are dry honest and have full sense of social service, the majority of them are of doubtful credentials. Yoga guru Ramdev has broken his six-day fast and a distinctly anti-Congress protest on the black money issue by calling for defeat of the Congress in the next elections. Once Baba Ramdev has taken political stand, he should also be prepared to go through the ordeal of investigation and face the charge of tax evasion and financial irregularities as he has also a vast business empire. The main objective of any movement or agitation should be to awaken the people to the reality of the day in a complete impartial way through mass mobilization movement for the cause it has been launched, and not for fulfilling political agenda in the garb of Sanyasis or social activists. It is a fact that black money of huge amount is stashed away in foreign banks. It must be brought back in the country and spent on the welfare of the poor people.