“Because of lack of effective steps (by the government) on the black money issue, I and people in the country are dissatisfied,” Ramdev said. The yoga guru, however, praised the central government for carrying out development projects and its zero tolerance policy on corruption. Because of zero tolerance policy of the government on corruption, steps are being taken against corrupt people,” said Ramdev. In December last year, Ramdev had spoken out against National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s initiatives to bring back black money from foreign countries but hoped that it will soon act on the issue. “I have spoken with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, finance minister Arun Jaitley and BJP president Amit Shah on this issue.

Source: Mint June 12, 2016 14:48 UTC