Political party? 'No', says Baba Ramdev

Annie Samson Halong Bay (Vietnam), Jun 6 (PTI) The crowds that throng his discourses are big enough to envy any political party, for yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, however, joining any political party is a strict 'No'. "If I have any political ambitions, it would definitely not be to win votes for a seat in Parliament but to win over the hearts of leaders in Parliament," the Baba told PTI.
Ramdev, who is known as Babaji or Swamiji says, "Politicians across all parties now are interested only in how to make the most of themselves. There are so many cases of corruption against them and often some of them are charged with heinous crimes.
" The swami said it was his dream that India should have a political system which is vibrant efficient and accountable and leaders are humble and work in a transparent manner. The spiritual guru who is currently conducting a yoga camp for over 950 participants aboard the luxury liner Super Star Virgo is of the opinion that yoga is capable of achieving the dream and help bring in a revolution of sorts.
"Yoga is an entire way of life. It can spur a change in the thinking of people and bring about a revolution.
Vaicharik kranti se hum parivartan la sakte he (We can bring change with revolutionary thoughts)," he said. Advocating for compulsory voting in India the guru who visited Hong Kong and Halong Bay when the ship halted at these places during the past four days said, "A total of 32 countries in the world have a compulsory voting system so why can't we have one too?" He reasoned that since there was such a high level of illiteracy in the country during polling the exact picture was not known.
"It becomes all the more imperative that everyone votes to that the corrupt political system can be made clean and transparent."