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Kejriwal left agitation venue because of illness, clarifies Baba Ramdev | Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday clarified that
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal left the anti-graft agitation venue at Parliament
Street here because he was ill. Television channels had earlier reported that
Kejriwal had stormed out of the venue after Baba Ramdev appeared to pull him up
over name calling of individuals. Ramdev maintained that the fight against graft
was not against individuals. Earlier, television channels said that divisions
and crack had surfaced between Team Anna and Baba Ramdev after RTI Kejriwal openly
questioned Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and other politicians about the coal
scam. Kejriwal, who joined the daylong fast at Parliament Street here, took potshots
at both the Prime Minister and his other Cabinet colleagues over their corrupt
ways. "Arvind Kejriwal should not have taken names. It could create controversy.
Please don't see it as personal attack. This fight is not against any individual,"
Baba Ramdev told the gathering soon after Kejriwal's comments. "Today, we thought
that we will not take anybody's name. But Arvind took the names". We don't want
any controversies. Arvind does not have any enmity with anyone. The names have
been taken in some context. We are against personal criticism," he added. Kejriwal
had earlier said that no political party wanted a strong Lokpal Bill. "There are
serious allegations against 15 ministers out of 34. That is why they are not passing
the Lokpal Bill. Manmohan Singh is the leader of those 34 ministers. There is
allegation against Manmohan Singh in coal allocation scam. 155 mines were given
to the private companies without bidding and Manmohan Singh was the coal minister
that time," said Kejriwal. "None of the investigating agency is neutral, all comes
under the government. All cases should be handed over to special investigation
team. We have written to the Prime Minister that all the cases should be handed
over to fast track court," he added. Kejriwal had also stated the Parliament will
never pass the Lokpal Bill because MPs like RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, former
Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and former
telecom minister A. Raja are sitting in the House. Kejriwal had walked out of
the agitation venue after giving his speech. Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare began
their daylong fast against corruption at the Parliament Street here earlier this
morning against corruption and for their demand for a stronger Lokpal Bill. This
is for the first time that Baba Ramdev and Hazare are sitting on a joint fast.
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