Kathmandu: After conquering Nepal with his traditional brand of fitness pill - the Indian yoga, seer Ramdev is all set to take on Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan with his brand of exercises.
He will also use yoga as a tool to canvas for votes in the 2014 general elections in India, fielding candidates for a “cleaner, greener, healthier and self-sufficient India.”
Asked whether traditional Indian yoga would play a decisive role in shaping India’s political destiny in the 2014 elections, Ramdev quipped: “Yoga will be my ballot parade ground.”
“Roj subaah logon ko yoga karwaenge aur phir desh ke liye ladna sikhayenge (Every morning, I will teach yoga to the people and then tell them how to fight for their country),” he said.
“It will be the best platform to preach the message of ‘self-defense, nationalism, self-improvement and national improvement’ — slogans that will be the cornerstone of my campaign,” the yoga guru said.
“The goal of democratic politics is to garner positive changes. But in India, development has been centered around cities,” he said.
“Villages have fallen off the development map. Uparwale log malai kha gaye, niche ke logon ko kya milega (The creamy layer has eaten everything, what will the poor of India get?),” Ramdev said.
“Today’s politics is a sham,” the seer said, adding he will “field candidates, who are responsible, honest and hard working.”
“Several of my Rashtriya Swabhiman Trust candidates will be first-timers,” he said.
Ramdev to take yoga to politics and abroad
