Ramdev hints at contesting polls

Addressing mediapersons after a preparatory meet here for the “historic” agitation next month,Baba said,“We will have to create proper atmosphere for bringing about desired changes. Unless we do something to bring about a change in the system,agitations will not yield any results.”

When pointed out that Anna Hazare often says “good people can’t win elections since they don’t have money”,Ramdev said,“We have seen many big transformations. We can make it happen.” He,however,said,“Annaji will be with us during the agitation.”

Ramdev said his meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi haven’t led to any solution on the issues of black money and corruption. “They all said they fully agreed with me and that they are doing something about it. But nothing has happened.”

Asked for his views on reservation and foreign capital investment in India,Ramdev said,“Reservations have helped some disadvantaged sections and even foreign capital has helped to some extent,but these things are not sufficient for the country’s overall development. We are not opponents of reservation,but we are of the view that everybody,including those from upper castes,should get education and justice.”

On US President Barack Obama’s FDI comment,Ramdev said,“Obama can be our co-demander (hamjaruri) but can’t share our pain (hamdard). He can’t be doing anything that would make us strong.”

To a question,Ramdev said he had no issues with India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal.