London: Hundreds of people on Sunday demonstrated in front of
the British Parliament in protest against the brutal police crackdown on
Ramdev at Ramlila ground in New Delhi earlier this month.
"We, the people of Indian origin all over the world are deeply
depressed, embarrassed and pained by this vulgar display of naked
power," said Sunita Poddar, member of Action Against Corruption and
Trustee of the Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK) Trust.
Security forces swooped down on Ramdev a little past midnight on
June 5 and detained him after firing tear gas shells and resorting to
lathicharge on his supporters to end his day-old indefinite hunger
strike on black money issue.
Ramdev was demanding immediate action to bring back black money
stashed in foreign tax havens. The dramatic police action came after
government and
the 46-year-old yoga guru had accused each other of betrayal.
"No justification of any kind can condone these vicious actions
on the Indian Citizens," said Poddar, who was leading the protest.
She said by holding this protest "we would like to show our
solidarity with the citizens of India." "We would like to show our
support to Baba Ramdev and
Anna Hazare and all other leaders who are fighting against corruption in India," she underlined.
The protesters were wearing black armbands as a sign of
solidarity with the people of India. She underlined that corruption is
"the root cause of poverty" in India.
The protestors observed a 2-minute silence to remember "our
brothers, sisters, friends and relatives who were brutally hurt when the
police raided their peaceful demonstration on 5th June," she said.
---Support Team
www.support-ramdev-baba-foranticorruption.blogspot.com
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