NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday sharpened his attack on Baba Ramdev, alleging that RSS was behind the yoga guru's indefinite fast beginning on Saturday.
Ignoring the party's "gag order", Singh said it has been crystal clear that RSS volunteers were behind the Baba's protest action. "Right from putting up the pandal to organising the meetings, everywhere there is RSS," Singh told reporters.
The AICC general secretary agreed with a question from reporters that Ramdev was playing politics. "If you want to teach yoga, I have no problem, but if you want to do politics, then join the fray," he said as reported by agencies.
Singh also took a dig at K N Govindacharya for choosing Ramdev to launch the anti-corruption campaign saying that this was not expected from the RSS ideologue.
It was not a one-off outburst. Singh, who has consistently been outspoken, appeared on different TV talk shows to take swipes at Ramdev. He said the anti-graft agitation was just a ruse to turn attention away from the disclosures about RSS's alleged involvement in terrorism.
The Congress general secretary also said sources of Baba's funds were dubious and demanded a full disclosure of who all had contributed to the agitation. "He has got contributions from people who are engaged in betting," Singh said.
The attack, though clearly at odds with the party's stress on restraint, is likely to go down well with "secularists" within the party and outside it -- a constituency Singh seems to be cultivating meticulously by taking anti-RSS positions.
The Congress leader also sought to find faults with the method of yoga teaching by Ramdev saying several yoga experts had expressed reservations about it.
Singh, however, said his party was in consultation with Ramdev and he should "respect" the fact that so many senior ministers were involved in hammering out a solution to the issues raised by him.
Ignoring the party's "gag order", Singh said it has been crystal clear that RSS volunteers were behind the Baba's protest action. "Right from putting up the pandal to organising the meetings, everywhere there is RSS," Singh told reporters.
The AICC general secretary agreed with a question from reporters that Ramdev was playing politics. "If you want to teach yoga, I have no problem, but if you want to do politics, then join the fray," he said as reported by agencies.
Singh also took a dig at K N Govindacharya for choosing Ramdev to launch the anti-corruption campaign saying that this was not expected from the RSS ideologue.
It was not a one-off outburst. Singh, who has consistently been outspoken, appeared on different TV talk shows to take swipes at Ramdev. He said the anti-graft agitation was just a ruse to turn attention away from the disclosures about RSS's alleged involvement in terrorism.
The Congress general secretary also said sources of Baba's funds were dubious and demanded a full disclosure of who all had contributed to the agitation. "He has got contributions from people who are engaged in betting," Singh said.
The attack, though clearly at odds with the party's stress on restraint, is likely to go down well with "secularists" within the party and outside it -- a constituency Singh seems to be cultivating meticulously by taking anti-RSS positions.
The Congress leader also sought to find faults with the method of yoga teaching by Ramdev saying several yoga experts had expressed reservations about it.
Singh, however, said his party was in consultation with Ramdev and he should "respect" the fact that so many senior ministers were involved in hammering out a solution to the issues raised by him.
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