At times this 'summer Ram leela' seems to be too much! However, its working well!

A large banner with messages against corruption and a larger than life photo of  Ramdev baba  greeted the visitors heading towards Ram leela maidan to join Ramdev! A huge waterproof pandal, 30ft. tall covering around  2.5 lakh sq. feet! LED screens all around! The tent is fitted with 780 fans, 100 coolers and a wter purifier plant which purifies 1200 litres per hour! all these costing over Rs. 2 crores! All these are being told as 'seva' for 'junta'! Is this some drama going on in the name of fight against corruption!
the preparations for the fasting going on, 3 days ago

Anna Hazare fought with corruption with the right spirit! With blood and toil! Anna sat in a very simple 'manch' made for him and indeed drove our spirit very high! But, this Ramdev leela  makes us feel that all these Rs. 2 crore money has something to do with corruption! Maybe it doesn't, but in a place like India where a person doesn't get a tarpauline worth Rs. 200 to have his meal under its shade will fast under pandal worth Rs. 2 crores?

And on the other hand why i am loving this thing is that its getting large scale support like is the case of Anna Hazare. And this has really shaken our Government from its corrupted roots. Now hope it will take better steps or else we may almost surely have a new Goverment in the next elections. The Government is so afraid of this that it has ordered the police to remove baba and his supporters from the maidan on the grounds of safety! And if words are to be believed, Ramdev along with some of his fellow yoga gurus has been arrested. Such is life!
the clash among police personnel and the followers of  Ramdev baba!

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