He may have a very clean image in the eyes of many people and people may think that he will bring discipline to the society then I am sorry but they have only seen what is shown on the TV.
Baba ramdev has brought many many positive benefits of yoga to the common people of India and millions of his followers practice yoga for all the good reasons. But Ramdev ain’t a saint person.
First of all he is a very shrewd businessman. The front stall seats/spaces, closest to the stage are available for price only, others (mostly poor) who cant afford tickets are, just like always adjusted towards the back of his mega yoga classes.
He sells medicines at exorbitantly high prices and those medicines are good for nothing. He always claims that he has the cure for cancer and Aids. I am from haridwar, so naturally whenever anyone came there to get medicines from ramdev's ashram, always contacted me. All the cancer patients whom I took there are not in the living world any more. Vaidyas over there dont even ask you to stop the current allopathic treatments. When you go into the doctors room (cabins), you would wonder whether those doctors are really doctors. They dont perform any checkups and dont see the reports, just talk a little bit and give away the same medicine to everyone. Dont fail to notice that only those who can afford the medicines costing thousands of Rs. were the only ones to be able to take any benefit if there were any. Poor people had to be content with those torturous body contortions.
When he had a stomach infection then he ran to US for the treatment, yeah he couldn't have gone to any Indian hospital for the fear of being exposed of seeking allopathic treatments.
He criticizes the west and encourages a simple lifestyle and discourages the use of western products. Well, I am impressed with his patriotism and I second his ideology but just don’t see the real life examples from him. He uses cell phones, travels in helicopters, luxury cars and am sure he has all the luxuries that he needs.
I hate him even more when he opened the new mega patanjali ashram right next to the highway that connects haridwar and roorkee/delhi. It causes so much mess there and when he launched it, he did with in the presence of many celebrities. It shows his good business acumen. I wonder whether ashrams should be on highways or somewhere in isolated places.
He falsely claims that his institution (Divya Yog Manir) manufactures all the medicines. They bought all the medicines of Yoga pharmacy when it went bankrupt and I am sure they have other sources also.
He recently bought a Scottish island. Well, has he cured all the Indians that he is running to west to cure them. He just has too much money to spend now, why not he lowers the price of his bogus medicines.
His ashram was in the controversy for selling medicines which contained animal products.
Sometime back he made a very stupid political statement about some controversy. I am not able to recall it but it was very hilarious what he said and his political motives were very visible that time.
Power and money corrupts the most pious minds. He has surely shown signs of this. It is best for him and for all, if he remains in his domain and try not to be too power greedy.