Baba Ramdev U turn on Lokpal Bill issue

Ujjain (MP), June 1 (PTI) A day after stating that the Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India should not be brought under the ambit of the proposed Lokpal Bill, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev today did a volte-face saying he did not make such a statement. He also said that he was firm on going ahead with his planned indefinite fast against corruption in Delhi from June 4, despite government's requests to put off the fast. "I did not say that the proposed Lokpal Bill should not cover the Prime Minister and CJI as their posts are highly dignified," Ramdev told reporters after ending his one lakh km Bharat Swabhiman Yatra here. "Keeping the PM and CJI out of the Lokpal's ambit was never my personal opinion," he said, adding that there were talks in the public that these posts should not come under the ambit of Lokpal bill.