Mulayam Singh Yadav terms Ramdev's eviction 'undemocratic'

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today said the midnight police swoop on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers was undemocratic and unjustified.

"Baba was staging a non-violent protest. To use force on Baba and the people gathered at the scene is unjustified," he told reporters in Agra.

"Every individual has a democratic right to protest and the Baba was exercising that right," Yadav said on the eve of party's two-day national convention here.

The Samajwadi Party supremo slammed the BSP-led Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh for what he said not permitting the Yoga guru to hold his fast at Muzaffarnagar.

He said the party's National Convention would discuss issues like land acquisition, farmers' problems and inflation.

On UPA government's foreign policy, Yadav said "it has totally failed as India has no strong ally."

On the other hand, Pakistan and China had developed closer ties, he said.

On upcoming asssembly polls in the state, Yadav said the list of party's candidates wuold be finalised soon.

To a question, Yadav said the SP would not enter into an alliance with any other party for contesting the polls.