Amicus curiae: Ramdev was evicted on Chidambaram's word

It was under the instructions of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Baba Ramdev and his followers were evicted from the Ramlila grounds here on June 4 , amicus curiae Rajeev Dhavan told the Supreme Court on Friday. Making his submissions before a Bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar, hearing suo motu a petition on the eviction episode, Mr. Dhavan quoted a June 8 press release issued by Mr. Chidambaram which said: “…a decision was taken that Baba Ramdev would not be allowed to organise any protest or undertake any fast-unto-death at Ramlila ground and that if he persisted in his efforts to do so he would be directed to remove himself from Delhi.”

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