The masks have fallen, says Cong as Ramdev, NDA get cosy

New Delhi, Aug 13:

today alleged that

and Team Anna were hand in glove with BJP-led

and the masks have now fallen with their open support to the yoga guru's agitation on black money issue.

Asked why Congress had not reacted to Ramdev's call on blackmoney, Congress media department chief Janardhan Dwivedi said, "It is true that we did not say anything as we cannot speak their language or behave like them. And now it is out in the open how politics is being done in a different guise."

"You would recall that a few years ago there used to be a lot of discussion about masks in politics. The country has seen today that the masks have fallen and the real faces have been revealed." Dwivedi was referring to BJP President Nitin Gadkari and NDA Convenor Sharad Yadav addressing Ramdev's supporters at their rally at Ramlila grounds today and expressing their support to him.

Referring to Team Anna, he said, "What kind of a fight and whose fight this is, is also becoming clear. Their other partners, who had announced the formation of a party, have said in their private conversations that they will not contest in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Which face is this?"

Dwivedi said that they have said they will not contest in Gujarat and Himachal but will fight in other places and will oppose the Congress. Referring to Gadkari and Yadav, Dwivedi said, "BJP President and NDA Convenor have gone there and they (Ramdev's supporters) say they have no relationship with political parties. Hence, I am saying the masks are out."

PTI