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BJP guns for govt

NEW DELHI: Dubbing the police action on “peaceful and unarmed” people at Baba Ramdev’s fast as a “shameful” chapter in India’s democracy, the BJP on accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi of ordering the crackdown.

The party announced it would hold protests across the country against corruption and “police brutality” against Ramdev and his followers.

“The incident at the Ramlila ground is one that has blemished democracy. Those people were protesting against corruption and black money through democratic means. But Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi ordered atrocities on them,” BJP president Nitin Gadkari said in Lucknow. Other senior leaders of the party have also strongly condemned the incident.