“Baba Ramdev’s threat to ‘cut heads off’ at #RSS meet is a call to violent action and public intimidation. Mr Modi, await your action. Now!” Congress spokesman Sanjay Jha tweeted.
“Narendra Modi needs to tell India what action he will be taken against bothRamdev and the RSS,” he added.
Ramdev made the controversial comments at a Sadbhavna rally organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Rohtak on Sunday.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh said Ramdev should be arrested.
“This man should be immediately arrested and sent to jail. Such people have no place in a civilised society,” Ashutosh said.
However, Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury dismissed the issue as a “diversionary tactic” of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“Is ‘Bharat mataki jai’ an issue more important for the BJP than the issues of drought and farmers’ suicides? It is just a tactic to divert (public) attention from the real issues,” Yechury said.
