'People like Baba Ramdev don't last long':Digvijay Singh

Bhopal: Yoga guru Ramdev may be occupying more space in media now but such people do not last long in public life, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said here today. “Ramdev may be occupying more space in media now but I do not visualise him making an impact on our society for long. Such people do not last long in public life,” Singh told reporters here. [caption id=“attachment_337974” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Singh said Ramdev would not last long in public life. PTI”]  [/caption]He pointed out that the Enforcement Directorate has already slapped a notice on Ramdev for Rs 80 crore tax evasion, while Uttarakhand government has issued a notice to him for evasion of sales tax to the tune of Rs 40 crore. Singh also said it was “strange” that Ramdev who is now fighting against black money met Union Ministers Sharad Pawar, Ajit Singh and BJP President Nitin Gadkari to discuss the issue. Responding to a query, he said that his party would not have any problem if Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is made the BJP’s prime ministerial nominee during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. “However, in that case my sympathies will go out to LK Advani, Arjun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj,” he said. He also said that he had sympathy for BJP’s Sanjay Joshi who was treated unfairly by BJP. In response to a query on IPL, Digvijay said he was a big supporter of IPL which had given many youngsters a chance to display their cricketing talent. “I am for everything that is there in the IPL,” he said. Asked if this meant that he was also in favour of cheerleaders, Singh said, “What these girls show is much less than what is on display at Khajuraho or Konark.” The Congress general secretary said all his statements which were initially criticised proved to be right. In this connection, Singh said all that he spoke about Ramdev or Team Anna or BJP have proved to be true. PTI