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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

IANS Updated on: April 29, 2014 11:34 IST
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.
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