Hindustan Times. According to the social media handles that shared the video of Ramdev claimed he insulted the OBCs as he asserted that he was a Brahmin. "I never gave any statement on OBC," HT quoted Ramdev as saying while responding to a question.
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Earlier, a undated video surfaced on social media, where Ramdev was saying he was a Brahmin, an Agnihotri Brahmin. "My original gotra is Brahma gotra.
I am an Agnihotri Brahman. People say babaji is OBC...I am a Vedi Brahmin, Dwivedi Brahmin, Trivedi Brahmin, Chaturvedi Brahmin -- I have read four vedas," the Yoga guru was heard saying in the clip from a television channel.
Mint did not verify the viral video. Commenting on the video, a Congress social media coordinator wrote sharing the viral video, “Why isn't Fraud Ramdev arrested yet for insulting the OBC community? Ramdev said OBCwale apni aisi-taisi karwayein." AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi too shared a post that slammed Ramdev for doing a ‘u-turn’ on his ‘OBC statement’ calling it a statement on Owaisi.Milestone Alert!
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