AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday claimed the activities of the anti-graft crusaders were part of a larger RSS-BJP design to divert attention from Sangh’s “terror links”. He also warned spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar
that he too could be manipulated by them, as was the case with Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev.
Mr Singh said that while Ramdev and Mr Hazare were Plans A and B of the Sangh/BJP, Sri Sri Ravishankar is Plan C and asked the spiritual guru to be “wary” of the two organisations. The comment appeared on Twitter where he said, “Plan A, B and C are of Sangh/BJP to divert the minds of the people from their involvement in terror activities to corruption.” Later, Mr Singh explained his “twitted remarks”, saying, “Plan A of this overall scheme has been Baba Ramdev, B is Anna and C is Sri Sri Ravishankar.”
However, in another post on Twitter, he said: “I hold Sri Ravi Shankarji in high esteem and have done a course in the Art of Living as CM MP in 2001. He should be wary of Sangh/ BJP.” Reacting, Sri Sri Ravishankar said, “People write so many things. I do not react to every comment. Everybody is entitled to his views.”
The BJP claimed Mr Singh was attempting to “demonise” all those fighting corruption. “I compliment Digvijay Singh for his important plan of almost shameless way (sic) of demonising all those who are fighting against corruption. Good luck to him,” the BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad said.