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Ramdev's political drive may reach Mulayam Singh Yadav today

CNN-IBN | Posted on Jun 12, 2012 at 09:07am IST

New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, continuing with his 'meeting' spree is expected to call on Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday. The yoga guru is on a mission to get political parties to support his campaign against black money.

Ramdev met Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad on Monday morning to drum up support for his movement.

Chandrababu has pledged support to Ramdev as well as Anna Hazare in the fight against corruption and has organised apolitical campaigns in this regard in Andhra Pradesh. In order to seek support for his movement against black money, Ramdev has been meeting various political leaders.

Ramdev\'s political drive may reach Mulayam today

Ramdev, who has been meeting politicians to get support for his movement, may seek Samajwadi Party's support.

Ramdev also met other leaders including Aviation Minister Ajit Singh and BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Ramdev had said that he had also sought appointments with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi to get their support for his movement.

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