Baba Ramdev Arrested On March to Parliament

Delhi Police officials said Baba Ramdev and his supporters are being taken to Bawana on the outskirts of the capital.

Holding the national tricolour, Baba Ramdev hopped on to a open vehicle from outside the Ramlila Maidan and began the march at 1:15 PM. He was soon joined by thousands of his supporters.

“Let us start the march to Parliament. Our march is not to gherao Parliament. But to agitate. None of our volunteers should indulge in violence,” he told his supporters before beginning his march.

Ten minutes into the march the cavalcade was stopped by Delhi Police near the flyover, saying that they do not have permission to march.

Baba Ramdev announced that he and his supporters would march towards Parliament and hold an agitation outside the complex.

“The government has become completely deaf. We have to make them hear us. Now our protest will be outside Parliament. We are not talking about gherao,” Baba Ramdev said while addressing his supporters in the morning.

“Lok Sabha polls will be in 2014 and 99 percent could be in 2013. This protest is to ensure that no dishonest person enters Parliament. Such people should be boycotted. We do not have a political agenda,” he said.

Earlier, Mr. Gadkari and Mr. Yadav attacked the Congress and supported Baba Ramdev who asked people to throw out the UPA government accusing it of not acting against corruption and black money.

Mr. Gadkari pledged his party’s “full support” to the yoga guru’s agitation against black money and launched a blistering attack on the Congress-led UPA Government on issues like corruption and black money.