Govt sents letter to Ramdev

New Delhi, Jun 4 (PTI) Government Saturday night sent
a written assurance to yoga guru Baba Ramdev on enacting law
on black money and declaring it as national asset for which a
committee will be set up.
Toursim Minister Subodh Kant Sahai told reporters that
the letter has been sent to the yoga guru and expressed hope
that he would call off the hunger strike which began here this
morning.
"A letter will reach Ramdev in next 30 minutes. It has
a written commitment (on the demands made by him) and a
clarification on the draft given to him by the government,"
Sahai said.
Asked about the content of the letter, the Minister
said that the letter provides for a commitment on his demands.
"One issue remained and that was government will
announce black money as a national asset, people guilty of
corruption will be given exemplary punishment.
"One per cent of commitment was remaining and we did
not want the talks to breakdown. Therefore we are fulfilling
the commitment. We hope Ramdev will fulfill his part of
commitment of ending the agitation once he the written
assurance," he said.
When pointed out that Ramdev was insisting on the
issue of promulgating an ordinance, he said there were no
talks about it. He refused to comment on Ramdev's allegation
that government has betrayed him.