The Asian Age

Have no political ambition: Ramdev

‘ Dedicated my life to nation’

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New Delhi, Feb. 7: Yoga guru and entreprene­ur Baba Ramdev on Wednesday said that he does not harbour any political ambition.

The 52- year- old said he has taken an “unbreakabl­e vow” of not foraying into politics.

“Politics, for me, is ‘ rashtra dharma’ because if the country will be saved, we will be saved. I have said this earlier as well that I will not take a political plunge. This is my unbreakabl­e vow ( Bhishma pratigya),” Ramdev told reporters here.

He was in the capital with the team of the upcoming show Swami Ramdev: Ek Sangharsh, a scripted biopic series on his life.

Ramdev added he would always play a proactive role in the developmen­t of the country.

“But I would always want my country to be safe. Besides this, I don’t have any other political

Politics, for me, is ‘ rashtra dharma’ because if the country will be saved, we will be saved. I have said this earlier as well that I will not take a political plunge. This is my unbreakabl­e vow.

— Baba Ramdev,

Yoga guru

dream. I continue to dedicate my life to the nation,” he said. The show is produced by Ajay Devgn Films and Watergate Production.

It features National Award winning child artiste Naman Jain as younger Ramdev and Kranti Prakash Jha as the adult version of the yoga guru.

The series goes on air on February 12 on Discovery Channel.

 ?? — SONDEEP SHANKAR ?? Yoga guru Baba Ramdev greets actor Kranti Prakash during a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. Prakash portrays Baba Ramdev’s role in Discovery Channels’s new biopic.
— SONDEEP SHANKAR Yoga guru Baba Ramdev greets actor Kranti Prakash during a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. Prakash portrays Baba Ramdev’s role in Discovery Channels’s new biopic.

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