Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has announced his entry into politics. He said candidates from his party, named as Bharat Swabhiman, would contest elections for all 543 seats in the next Parliamentary elections.
From The Indian Express: “While vowing to stay away from elections himself, the guru said he would make sure that his proposed political party would have at least seven lakh members in each constituency.
“I have been working for this for the past 20 years. Over the past two years, I have met nearly three crore people in Hardwar, trained and mobilised thousands of people in 60 districts. I want to use black money for the good of the country, ensure that offences like corruption and terrorism get the capital punishment, and turn the political system towards the policy of Swadeshi. This is not a knee-jerk decision,” he said.
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