BJP meets president, wants parliament session on Ramdev
Top leaders of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met President Pratibha Patil on Monday and demanded a special session of parliament to discuss the central government's action on yoga guru Baba Ramdev as well as corruption-related issues.
'We met the president today to demand a special session of parliament, an emergency session, to discuss issues like corruption, black money stashed away in foreign banks and the manhandling of peaceful protesters, including women and elderly persons, who gathered to protest against such issues (at Ramlila Ground),' senior BJP leader L.K. Advani told reporters outside Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The crackdown, he added, was 'ironically' against a person who was 'welcomed by four ministers'.
Image: Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, flanked by other top NDA leaders, talking to the media after submitting a memorandum to President Pratibha Patil regarding the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday.
Text: IANS
Images: PTI
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