Baba Ramdev is one of the symbols of India’s anarchy

Baba Ramdev was not greatly popular in south India but suddenly shot to fame when he threatened to go on fast in a campaign to wipe out corruption. This is a cause that is dear to the common man of India who is poor, homeless and in tears because he belongs to the have-not humanity.

Ramdev is not a poor man. His assets of Rs 1,100 crore put him in the richer classes who cannot shed tears for the poor. India has two crore people who go to bed every night without food, thousands of children who go without proper nutrition and millions of mothers who are unable to give healthy food or milk to their babies.

When corruption was mounting - and even judges like a former chief justice of the Supreme Court allegedly touched Everest-like heights of bribery and grab - Ramdev remained a 'moundev' . We need men whose every dimension of personality speaks for the have-nots , not ones who wake up only when corruption is at its darkest and even then ask for a sena, knowing well that violence can never produce justice.

Anarchy, alas, has come to stay and Ramdev is one of its symbols. He is a great yogi and naturally commands respect. He has a large number of followers and it's a fact that people are fascinated by his campaign against corruption.

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