Baba Ramdev finds Congress more disastrous, says Modi will cause disaster to Congress

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Last Updated : Jan 04 2014 | 3:05 PM IST

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday asked who can be more disastrous for the country than the Congress itself, and added that the support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be issue based.

Addressing a press conference, Ramdev said, "Who can be more disastrous for the country than the Congress itself? Modi is seen as a disastrous figure by the Congress because this is what he will cause to them in the elections."

Ramdev, who will be making an announcement on January 5 in Delhi's Talkatora Stadium, said, "Support to Modi will be on issues. Nation is built on policies, personality and intention. If policies of Modi and character of the BJP, in favour of bringing back the black money and tackling the corruption in this country, then we will be making an announcement regarding this year's Lok Sabha elections. We have invited BJP president Rajnath Singh, party leader Arun Jaitley and Narendra Modi and they will put forward their opinions in the discussion."

He said the Prime Minister accepted his failure, in tackling the corruption, price rise and poverty in the country, in his interaction with the media.

He stressed on removing all the taxes paid by the citizen and said due to wrong policies of the Congress led-UPA Government, there is inflation in the country. He said there should be only one tax that should be levied which Bank Transaction Tax (BTT), which should be of one percent. He also demanded that 500 and 1000 rupees notes should be rolled back.

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First Published: Jan 04 2014 | 3:01 PM IST

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