FDI retail issue: Ramdev calls for ‘united struggle’

He advocated a large movement against the proposed FDI move in retail trade which is 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail and 100 per cent in single brand retail.

Turning to the debate on black money,he said: “All politicians claim black money stashed away should be brought back and corruption removed,but nobody talks of how and what procedure needs to be adopted.

“CBI and Enforcement Directorate tried (to investigate) me too. They could not find a blot on me. I have started a debate on how we can retrieve black money,” he said and demanded all black money that is owned be declared as “national treasure”.

Ramdev claimed he had received a proposal from a source who could hand him the names of Indians who have stashed black money abroad but said,“the person giving me the names was asking for too much money”.

He also questioned why the government was not making public the list of 700 Indians who have allegedly stashed money abroad.