Anna Hazare is my spiritual friend: Ramdev

Gwalior: Describing Anna Hazare as his "spiritual friend", yoga guru Ramdev on Friday said he would continue to work with the anti-corruption crusader.

"Hazare is my spiritual friend....Those speaking against Hazare and his team these days are the ones who are either corrupt or encourage corruption," Ramdev told reporters here.

Whenever Hazare and his associates became active, such people targeted them, he said.

To a question, Ramdev said he stood by his statement against MPs and added there are 102 MPs against whom criminal cases are registered.

Ramdev`s recent statement, calling MPs "dacoits", had drawn criticism from several quarters, prompting him to clarify that he had not meant all the Members of Parliament.

PTI