Will Baba Ramdev be Successful in Satyagrah ?

Will Baba Ramdev be Successful in Satyagrah ?

Baba Ramdev is going to launch the 'satyagraha' which is going to held in Delhi, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has announced that he would undertake a fast unto death in New Delhi on June 4 to demand recovery of black money deposited by Indians in Swiss banks. Do you think that Baba will be able to do that? Will he be successful? Whats your opinion?

Now frantic efforts are made backdoor to prevent Yoga Guru Ramdev from sitting on the Satyagraha to protest against the black money stashed in the foreign countries. The whole UPA govt Ministers are in process of convincing the Baba and dissuade him to cancel the fasting. Baba was supposed to meet the press on Thursday and he has canceled the meet eventually as some serious discussions were going on.

But Gandhaian Anna Hazare wants Baba to be very serious in the matter as the govt wants to scuttle this issue and may stop it.

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Breakthrough in talks between Baba Ramdev and Government-

After lengthy discussions at a five-star hotel in Delhi, Baba Ramdev has reportedly been persuaded by the government to cancel his indefinite hunger fast against corruption, scheduled to begin tomorrow.

Instead, sources tell NDTV, the yoga icon will hold a one-day "victory fast" at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, where lakhs of his followers have gathered already

Baba Ramdev met with two ministers - Kapil Sibal and Subodh Kant Sahay  - at the Claridges Hotel in South Delhi where every item on his charter of demands was addressed by the government.  

The truce -which has not been formally announced just yet - was hinted at by the Baba earlier today. "Barring one or two issues, a consensus seems to be emerging between us and the government," he said this morning while addressing thousands of people at the Ramlila Maidan. That crowd swelled through the afternoon in anticipation of the "satyagraha against corruption" that Mr Ramdev had threatened to launch tomorrow.

"Some people have hijacked democracy, given in to corruption," said the Baba at Ramlila Maidan.  The crowds that had arrived at dawn for an early workout with Mr Ramdev clapped loudly. . "This is not a communal or a political movement," he added. 

That's probably not what the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) wanted to hear. The chief of the RSS, Ram Madhav, had instructed cadres "to participate in Ramdev's fight against corruption in Delhi and in districts."  Mr Ramdev is accustomed to generating huge audiences. And  had he allied with the RSS in his campaign, the government  would have confronted the combined force of an Opposition eager to ride the goodwill that activists like Mr Ramdev generate.

Baba Ramdev's campaign - which urges the government to curb black money and to recover the crores of it that are buried in foreign bank accounts - promised to overshadow the public movement that was launched by Gandhian Anna Hazare in April. Like Mr Ramdev, Mr Hazare used his street credibility to galvanize lakhs of Indians who sided with him as he demanded that the government start work on a new tough law against corruption.  Mr Hazare had announced that he would arrive at the Ramlila Maidan on Sunday in a show of solidarity with Mr Ramdev. 

The government has through this week treated Mr Ramdev as its top priority - in a gesture that annoyed the Congress party, four senior ministers received Mr Ramdev at the Delhi Airport earlier this week and spent two hours there with him urging him to cancel his fast.

The ministerial posse was criticized by a section of the Congress,  as also  Mr Hazare, who said the grand gesture was aimed at lulling Mr Ramdev into a false sense of security.  "They will trap Ramdev also. They will cheat him. What is the need for so many people to go? It was ok for one or two to go," the Gandhian said. 

So after a series of meetings with the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi last night, the government decided to continue negotiations with Baba Ramdev but stressed that senior ministers like Pranab Mukherjee would no longer be involved.   Instead, Kapil Sibal and Subodh Kant Sahay-  were assigned the roles of chief negotiators.   

Mr Ramdev's list of demands  includes the death penalty for corruption, the recovery of black money from foreign accounts and its conversion to a "national asset" as well as the withdrawal of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes from the market.

The Baba says he's not misappropriating his considerable stature to stray into areas that he may not be familiar with. "I am not crossing the limits of  Yoga. Not lying and stealing is also part of yoga and I am trying to bring those who have crossed that limit back within the limit," he declared.