Ramdev Loses Cool Over Question On Petrol Price, Says 'Shut Up Won't Be Good For You'

New Delhi: Yoga Guru Ramdev lost his cool and threatened a journalist, who asked him about his previous comments in the past on reducing petrol prices.

During an event in Haryana's Karnal, on Wednesday, a journalist asked Ramdev about his comment that the petrol price will come down to Rs 40 if the government changed in 2014.

While replying to this question, Ramdev said, ''Yes, I said it, what can you do? Don't keep asking such questions. Am I your Thekeday (contractor), who has to keep answering your questions?''

When the journalist asked the question again, upset Ramdev, pointing at the journalist, shot back, '' I made the comment. What will you do? Just shut up. If you ask again, it is not good. Don't speak like this, you must be the son of decent parents.''

Asking people to work harder in difficult times, he said, ''The government says, if fuel prices are low, they won't get tax, then how will they run the country, pay salaries, build roads? Yes, inflation should go down, I agree but people should work hard.''

''Even I wake up at 4 in the morning and work till 10 at night,'' he added.

On Wednesday, the prices of petrol and diesel were raised by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last nine days to Rs 5.60 per litre.

Following the rapid increase in petrol and diesel prices, the central government has come under intense opposition attack. Congress claimed that the former United Progressive Alliance government use to keep fuel rates under control despite high international crude oil prices for several years.

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