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| Yoga guru Baba Ramdev |
New Delhi: Addressing a huge gathering at Ambedkar stadium Baba Ramdev
on Tuesday morning said he will end his fast at 11 am on the sixth day of
protest but his movement against black money and graft will continue as he
declared that his fight was not yet over.
After an unsuccessful eviction of Baba Ramdev from Ambedkar
stadium despite of several persuasive attempt by Delhi police, a defiant Ramdev and his supporters spent
Monday night camping inside Delhi's Ambekar stadium even after being released.
They refused to leave the area. The night passed peacefully without any report
of turmoil and untoward incidents.
Meanwhie, Delhi police requested Baba Ramdev to vacate the
Ambedkar stadium before August 15 due to security concerns. But Ramdev has been
non committal. He however, requested to media not to highlight his agitation until
Independence Day get over.
Ramdev started the day with Yoga on Tuesday and appealed to
the public to come out in large numbers.
Though Ramdev has announced to end his fast at 11 am but will
continue his agitation at the Ambedkar stadium.
When asked where he has scheduled to hoist the tricolour,
Ramdev said he hoist the nation’s tricolour at the Ambedkar stadium if Delhi
police will allow him to do so.
While addressing endless crowd at Ambedkar stadium Ramdev on
Tuesday morning hinted that the government may try to evict him and if so it
will be a landmark in the history and said he will announce his next course of
action before ending his fast.
Ramdev held an early morning strategy session with his close
aides to fine tune the future course of his protest.
Earlier, on Monday Ramdev defied the police and consequently
detained by the Delhi police when he tried to march to Parliament. Ramdev remained
non-committal on ending his fast despite being freed by the police at Ambedkar
stadium and with his supporters he spent the whole night there.
The yoga guru, who is campaigning against black money and
graft, on Monday evening refused to leave the Ambedkar stadium along with his
supporters.
Ramdev protest is not less than a distraught for the
Congress-run UPA government as even some stalwart allies like Bhaujan Samaj
Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) who supporting the government from outside
have also showed their solidarity to fight against the graft and black money.
The BJP-led National
Democratic Alliance (NDA) also has created ruckus in both the house of the
Parliament on Monday over the issue of black money demanding that the government should
create a time frame and should declare a concrete strategy to bring back the
black bucks stashed away abroad.