Hindustan Times (Patiala)

What Indira sowed, she reaped: Ramdev

- Hillary Victor hillary.victor@hindustant­imes.com

KHARAR: Targeting the Congress on the 1984 military raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said the-then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, had faced the consequenc­es of her actions.

He was addressing the media here during the Lok Sabha election campaign of Prem Singh Chandumajr­a, Akali-BJP candidate for the Anandpur Sahib seat. “What Indira sowed, she reaped,” he said, comparing her daughter- in- law and current Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, to various she-demons. He referred to Sonia as “bimar” (ill) and her son, Rahul Gandhi, as “nadaan” (novice).

He was on his way to campaignin­g for senior Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) leader Arun Jaitely in Amritsar and Shiromani Akali Dal ( SAD) nominee Harsimrat Kaur Badal in Bathinda. “The Congress has looted the country for 60 years, and in past 10 years, crossed all limits,” he said, stooping further to call Sonia “looteri bahu” (thief daughter-in-law) who had “stolen everything and sent to her parent’s house”.

Regarding the Congress candidate from Anandpur Sahib, Ambika Soni, Ramdev said “the member of the kitchen cabinet of Sonia” and had “come for a picnic to the constituen­cy”. “Her duty is to please her boss and she has no contributi­on to the country,” he added.

Ramdev has set out to campaign for 100 BJP candidates. Asked to clarify his stand on the constructi­on of Ram temple in Ayodhya, he said preserving heritage was “our responsibi­lity”. On the issue of “Namo, Namo” and “Har Har” slogans for BJP prime ministeria­l candidate Narendra Modi, Ramdev said “NaMo” was the abbreviati­on of Modi’s name.

Speaking at Ropar, later, he said the Congress had brought Monica Bedi, ex-girlfriend of don Abu Salem, into its election campaign in Sambal (Madhya Pradesh) recently, which showed that the party had links with the underworld. “The Congress is the most communal party, responsibl­e for Partition on religion grounds and the death of 10-lakh people in 1947, and the massacre of Sikhs in 1984,” he said.

Sonia hated Hindus and Hindu saints and deserved to be sent home to Italy, he said.

CODE VIOLATED

RUPNAGAR: The organisers of Yoga Diksha and Rashtra Nir man Sabha function at Ramlila Ground here where yoga guru Baba Ramdev made

AMBIKA SONI HAS COME FOR A PICNIC TO ANANDPUR SAHIB. HER DUTY IS TO PLEASE HER BOSS BABA RAMDEV, yoga guru

campaign address for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have received a notice for violating the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha elections.

District election officer (DEO) Pardeep Kumar Aggarwal, who is also the deputy commission­er, issued the notice on Wednesday, saying the action was based on the report of the subdivisio­nal magistrate (SDM). The organisers had permission for only a non- political function, still political speeches were delivered from its stage.

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? Baba Ramdev, in traditiona­l Punjabi headgear, doing yoga exercises during a function in Rupnagar on Wednesday.
HT PHOTO Baba Ramdev, in traditiona­l Punjabi headgear, doing yoga exercises during a function in Rupnagar on Wednesday.

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