Ramadev writes to PM: Don't allow repeat of June 4 crackdown

New Delhi,
Aug 15 (PTI) Yoga guru Ramdev, who along with his supporters faced police
crackdown during their agitation at Ramlila Maidan here, Monday wrote to
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to exercise "self restraint" and
ensure that similar action was not taken against Anna Hazare and his team.
As confrontation between Hazare and the government escalated after police
denied permission to the gandhian for holding a fast from Tuesday to press
for a strong Lokpal Bill(anti-corruption ombudsman bill), Ramdev, in his
letter to the Prime Minister, said such protests should not be "crushed"
through unconstitutional and undemocratic means. "We would expect that you
will exercise self-restraint and not allow a repeat of what happened against
us on the midnight of June 4 at the Ramlila maidan," the yoga guru said.
Delhi Police's refusal of permission coincided with Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh's strong remarks in his Independence Day speech that hunger strikes
and fasts-unto-death do not help address the problem of corruption and
Parliament is the only body to form legislations to curb the menace.
Ramdev in his letter to the PM reiterated his demand for bringing back the
black money stashed abroad under UN convention against corruption and
declaring it as national asset.