Remark came in the wake of a question over Ramdev's aide Balkrishna entering annual Forbes list of India's 100 Richest People.
Remark came in the wake of a question over Ramdev's aide Balkrishna entering annual Forbes list of India's 100 Richest People.
New Delhi:
In remarks that could cause a controversy, Congress today said that it -"perhaps made a mistake-" by alloting land to Ramdev for his food park while it was in power.
-"We perhaps made a mistake (by alloting the land) but we did not give him the status that he enjoys. When we make a mistake, we admit the mistake. We do not cover-up,-" party spokesman Tom Vadakkan said at a briefing today.
His remark came in the wake of a question over the yoga guru's close associate Acharya Balkrishna entering the annual Forbes list of India's 100 Richest People at the 48th position with a net worth of USD 2.5 billion, owing to his 97 per cent holding in Patanjali Ayurved.
-"You ask Forbes on which basis...You also ask the government about the manufacturing licence...about noodles-", he said.
To a question that Ramdev was given land during the Congress-led UPA regime when Subodh Kant Sahay was the Minister concerned, he said -"we perhaps made a mistake.-"
Ramdev is a known detractor of Congress and is considered close to the Modi government.
