Hardwar: Baba Ramdev on Monday criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying he had failed to discharge his duty. He also justified wearing woman’s clothes to escape during the police crackdown in Delhi’s Ramlila Ground, saying like warrior king Shivaji he too had adopted survival tactics.
He justified wearing women’s clothes to disguise himself.
“I preferred to adopt the survival tactics of warrior king Shivaji and wearing a woman’s attire is not a sign of weakness. A woman gives birth to a man and her status is superior,” he said.
Ramdev also thanked the Supreme Court for its notice to the central and Delhi governments on the developments after Saturday midnight, and said the National Human Rights Commission and the National Commission for Women too should follow suit.
“The cognisance taken by Supreme Court on its own against this injustice, we thank (it) from our hearts. The entire country is grateful,” Ramdev said.
Ramdev said his supporters were planning to move the NHRC and the NCW over the incidents of Saturday midnight.
He also contradicted Delhi Police’s version of events. “The Delhi Police are lying. They beat up people. They said that people were injured in a stampede. None of our workers provoked violence.”
“If (Mahatma) Gandhi was alive, he would have cried,” Ramdev said.