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48 hours to go; govt in a huddle over Ramdev fast

New Delhi: With Baba Ramdev refusing to call off his plans to go on an indefinite hunger strike against corruption from Saturday the government is meeting once again to try and find a solution. Sources have told NDTV that a team of Cabinet ministers will also meet him again today to break the deadlock. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held an emergency meeting with senior Cabinet ministers last night too to discuss how to deal with the yoga guru. This after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay met Baba Ramdev for over two hours at the Delhi airport. The leaders briefed the PM on their discussions with Ramdev and are also understood to have discussed his proposals and ways to defuse the crisis. Despite government s assurances on its seriousness of tackling corruption and black money Ramdev has said he will go ahead with fast at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi. Till there is 100 per cent agreement on all issues and a decisive stage is reached the fast will go on the yoga guru said.

                                                                                                               
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