Dehradun: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev Sunday finally ended his nine-day fast against corruption and vowed to pursue his campaign. But the Congress still denounced him as a 'fake baba'.
Within hours of Ramdev sipping fruit juice at a hospital here on the frantic appeals of spiritual leaders like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Congress general secretary B.K. Hariprasad dubbed him a fraud.
'He is a 'dhongi (fake) baba'. He should tell people from where he got his Rs.1,100 crore,' Hariprasad said in Bangalore, referring to the financial empires Ramdev reportedly presides over.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living founder who had been talking to Ramdev for some days, was among those who played a key role in persuading the Haridwar-based yoga guru to give up his fast.
'Baba Ramdev has ended his fast. He has taken (fruit) juice,' he said after meeting him for a third time. He said the hunger strike ended in the presence of religious and spiritual leaders.
The 46-year-old Ramdev's trusted aide, Acharaya Balakrishna, said that though he was ending his fast the yoga guru would continue with his drive against mounting corruption and black money.
'I take this resolution to lead this 'satyagraha' till the last breath of my life,' Balakrishna quoted Ramdev as saying.
Images and Text: PTI
Image: Art of Living Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Centre) and Morari Bapu offer juice to Yoga guru Baba Ramdev (left) to break his nine-day long fast at a hospital in Dehradun on Sunday. Ramdev's aide Balkrishna is seen at right.
Within hours of Ramdev sipping fruit juice at a hospital here on the frantic appeals of spiritual leaders like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Congress general secretary B.K. Hariprasad dubbed him a fraud.
'He is a 'dhongi (fake) baba'. He should tell people from where he got his Rs.1,100 crore,' Hariprasad said in Bangalore, referring to the financial empires Ramdev reportedly presides over.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living founder who had been talking to Ramdev for some days, was among those who played a key role in persuading the Haridwar-based yoga guru to give up his fast.
'Baba Ramdev has ended his fast. He has taken (fruit) juice,' he said after meeting him for a third time. He said the hunger strike ended in the presence of religious and spiritual leaders.
The 46-year-old Ramdev's trusted aide, Acharaya Balakrishna, said that though he was ending his fast the yoga guru would continue with his drive against mounting corruption and black money.
'I take this resolution to lead this 'satyagraha' till the last breath of my life,' Balakrishna quoted Ramdev as saying.
Images and Text: PTI
Image: Art of Living Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Centre) and Morari Bapu offer juice to Yoga guru Baba Ramdev (left) to break his nine-day long fast at a hospital in Dehradun on Sunday. Ramdev's aide Balkrishna is seen at right.
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