Ramdev, astrologer?

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Business Standard New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 02 2014 | 10:20 PM IST
After delivering sermons on the tax system, Ramdev appears to have become an astrologer. At a recent press conference called to criticise the Reserve Bank's decision to withdraw from circulation notes issued before 2005, the versatile yoga guru started taking political questions. He said both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are going to lose their seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. To substantiate his forecast, Ramdev reminded his audience that nobody believed him last year when he predicted a tally of less than 100 seats for the Congress in the 2014 general elections, a prediction that now appears eminently believable. Asked whether he was getting into politics, Ramdev said "Aasan karte karte singhasan theek karenge (I will fix the political system while doing yoga)".

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First Published: Feb 02 2014 | 10:05 PM IST

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