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Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs" (yoga camps) in Kangra and Chamba towns.A division bench of Justice

The plea contended that the model code of conduct has no legal validity and Ramdev was not a political person.

It contended that the model code was applicable to political people only.

Advocate General Sharvan Dogra contended that the only motive to organise a yoga camp was to convince the followers of a particular party.

The bench after hearing both the parties issued notice to the Election Commission and the state government and directed them to file a reply in four weeks.

The judges, however, verbally observed that the court cannot permit politics in the name of yoga camps.