New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday rejected the offer of cabinet minister status, saying he would rather remain a ‘baba’.
“I am a sanyaasi, service to humanity is my only objective, I’m not looking for any ministerial position or status. I want to serve you by remaining a baba and a fakir,” he said while speaking at an event in Sonepat in Haryana.
Earlier, on April 13, the Haryana government had decided to give “status equivalent to Cabinet Minister” to Ramdev, who has been appointed as the state’s brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda.
Notably, last month, Haryana Assembly had witnessed uproarious scenes as the BJP government came under sharp attack from opposition Congress for allegedly “going out of way to please Ramdev by making him the brand ambassador” for promotion of yoga and ayurveda in the state.
