'Why are the Communists bugging me?'
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Ranchi, February 25: Seeking to give his yoga camps a secular identity, yoga guru Swami Ramdev today claimed that people of all faiths were being attracted to them as they consider yoga as a therapy for their physical welfare.
"Secularism is manifest in my camps as Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians congregate spurred by health consciousness," he said while talking to some Muslim participants at his week-long 'Yoga Science Camp.'
"But I don't know why the Communists are bugging me," he said reacting to reported remarks by Left leaders seeking a probe into donations received by the Swami.
"I am prepared to give the account for every rupee given to the ashram," he said before thousands of people who turned up on the last day of the camp.
The Left parties have been accusing him of commercialising yoga and had alleged that the Arjun Munda government had made the yoga camp a political platform, from where the swami had praised the Chief Minister.
In reply to his queries to Muslim participants, a woman who identified herself as Sanjida, a resident of Saudi Arabia said there were no religious overtones at the camp and that she had come purely out of the consideration that it was a yoga health camp.
The woman said she had lost 5 kg weight and her blood pressure was normal after attending the camp.
Another woman, Gulaar who had brought her son a patient of diabetes and yoga said the camp had helped him a lot. Mohammad Kurshid and Mohammad Yunus, other participants echoed similar experiences.
Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, Chief Minister Arjun Munda, Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari and leader of the Opposition Sudhir Mahto (JMM) were among those who participated in the camp.
Ranchi, February 25: Seeking to give his yoga camps a secular identity, yoga guru Swami Ramdev today claimed that people of all faiths were being attracted to them as they consider yoga as a therapy for their physical welfare.
"Secularism is manifest in my camps as Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians congregate spurred by health consciousness," he said while talking to some Muslim participants at his week-long 'Yoga Science Camp.'
"But I don't know why the Communists are bugging me," he said reacting to reported remarks by Left leaders seeking a probe into donations received by the Swami.
"I am prepared to give the account for every rupee given to the ashram," he said before thousands of people who turned up on the last day of the camp.
The Left parties have been accusing him of commercialising yoga and had alleged that the Arjun Munda government had made the yoga camp a political platform, from where the swami had praised the Chief Minister.
In reply to his queries to Muslim participants, a woman who identified herself as Sanjida, a resident of Saudi Arabia said there were no religious overtones at the camp and that she had come purely out of the consideration that it was a yoga health camp.
The woman said she had lost 5 kg weight and her blood pressure was normal after attending the camp.
Another woman, Gulaar who had brought her son a patient of diabetes and yoga said the camp had helped him a lot. Mohammad Kurshid and Mohammad Yunus, other participants echoed similar experiences.
Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, Chief Minister Arjun Munda, Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari and leader of the Opposition Sudhir Mahto (JMM) were among those who participated in the camp.
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