Ramdev is a fake baba: Congress

The Congress on Sunday attacked yoga guru Baba Ramdev saying he was a “dhongi (fake)” and sought an explanation on how he acquired Rs1,100 crore to run his trusts.

“He is a ‘dhongi baba’ and he should tell people from where he got Rs1,100 crore wealth,” Congress general secretary BK Hariprasad said.

“Before demanding that black money be brought back and distributed among the people, he should distribute his wealth of Rs1,100 crore to the people,” the Congress leader said.

Ramdev on Sunday broke his nine-day fast against corruption and for bringing back black money stashed abroad.

Hariprasad also criticiced civil society members of the Lokpal bill joint drafting committee and said “some of them have to explain their source of income".

The five civil society members of the 10-member drafting panel are social activists Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal, lawyers Shanti Bhushan and his son Prashant, and Karnataka lok ayukta (ombudsman) N Santosh Hegde, a retired judge of the Supreme Court.

Hariprasad attacked Hegde and questioned him as to “why has he not probed corruption charges against Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa.