Press Trust Of India reported that yoga guru Swami Ramdev extended his support to the fight against illegal mining in Goa and warned of a hunger strike if the Congress led government in the state did not come clean on the issue.

He told reporters “"We will run a campaign against illegal mining before elections. If required, I would sit for hunger strike in Goa against those involved in it. Can we allow these looters to be elected to the Assembly?”

The popular yoga guru is touring the coastal state, where cases of large scale illegal mining have come to light and addressing a series of public meetings as a part of his Goa Bachao Sammelan.

The main aim of the campaign is to ensure that none of the politicians involved in illegal mining gets elected to the Assembly in the forthcoming polls.

The Swami squarely blamed chief minister Mr Digambar Kamat for the mining mess. He said “"That person is holding the mining portfolio for the last 12 years. He is equally responsible for illegal mining.”

(Sourced fro PTI)