BJP to meet Prez on Ramdev, demand special Parliament session

New Delhi, June 6 (PTI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Monday said it will hold peaceful protests across India
against the crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev's agitation and
meet Indian President Pratibha Patil to demand convening of a
special session of Parliament to discuss the issue.
The party, whose top leaders inlcuding BJP President
Nitin Gadkari are holding a satyagraha at Rajghat, accused the
governent of "shielding and protecting" the corrupt.
"We would seek the intervention of the President. We
would meet her this evening. L K Advani had yesterday (Sunday)
said that the BJP will demand a special session of Parliament
to discuss the issue," BJP chief spokesperson Ravishankar
Prasad said.
Advani, Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley were
among a host of leaders who were at the satyagraha site.
Prasad said the Indian National Congress should
remember that the BJP had fought against the "godmother of
India" Indira Gandhi and succeeded.
"One thing that Congress President Sonia Gandhi and
the Prime Minister should remember is that the BJP fought
against Indira Gandhi and emerged victorious.
"People of this country had taugth a lesson. They will
also teach these people a lesson. The whole country is angry
and in an agitating mode. The government has lost all its
moral authority and is cracking down on peaceful protests like
the one led by Baba Ramdev while giving permission for
anti-India rallies and speeches like the one by Syed Ali Shah
Geelani (the Kashmiri separatist).
The BJP had Sunday launched an agitation against the
crackdown on Baba Ramdev's supporters and asked the government
to bring back black money parked abroad.