Ramdev flays Centre for failure to bring back black money
Ramkrishan Upadhyay
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 12
Yoga guru Ramdev today expressed dissatisfaction at the BJP-led Central government’s efforts to bring back black money from foreign countries.
“Common people like me are disappointed at the Central government's inability to bring back black money. People complain to me on the issue and I have spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and BJP president Amit Shah regarding it,” said Ramdev while addressing mediapersons at the Chandigarh Press Club here today.
Ramdev said he had not forgotten the issue and would continue to raise it at appropriate levels regularly.
He added when parliamentarians were listening to him, he should not speak on the street.
Ramdev, who was in Chandigarh to attend the yoga festival, praised the working of the Prime Minister and his team of ministers for carrying out development projects and Modi's zero-tolerance policy on corruption.
On the controversy revolving around the film 'Udta Punjab', Ramdev said he could not comment on the matter as he does not watch movies. On Congress' proposed protest against drug menace, which will be led by party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, at Jalandhar tomorrow, he said, "One should first ask him (Rahul) whether he ever took drugs in his life."
Ramdev also took a dig at the Congress over its plan to elevate Rahul Gandhi to the post of party president. "If they make Rahul Gandhi president of the Congress, BJP workers shall become lazy as they will have to put in less hard work. But if they chose Priyanka as party president, BJP workers will have to do yoga," he said in a lighter vein.
