Deepika Padukone should understand India, needs an advisor like me: Baba Ramdev

Deepika Padukone's visit at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on January 5 sparked a massive controversy nationwide. Reacting on same, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev in a press conference said that Deepika as an actress is good but she needs to learn and read more about Indian culture and politics. He went on to claim that Padukone needs a mentor like him who can show her right direction in sensitive matters like se.

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Baba Ramdev's quote: "Deepika Padukone ki samajik aur rajnitik samajh... unko aur padhna chahiye, desh ko samajhna padega aur usi ke baad unko aise bade nirnay lene chahiye. Unko Baba Ramdev ji jaise ek salaahkar ki zarurat hai jo unko aise muddo pe sahi raah dikha sake."

('Deepika Padukone's social and political understanding... she should read more, understand country and after that, decide. She needs an advisor like Baba Ramdev who can show her right path on issues like se')

Talking about CAA, Baba Ramdev said that ' illegal immigrant should stay in India and law doesn't revoke citizenship from anyone.' He also said that government has cleared misconceptions. On January 7, Baba Ramdev spoke on what  government should do when educational institutions become hotbed for gang-wars, and said, "If students learn politics in this manner, n how will y lead nation in future? This is t student politics, this is student hooliganism. It should strictly t be allowed and those who perpetrate such acts should be expelled from universities and should be brought to books. Such fringe elements shouldn't be in universities but behind bars.''

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Just two days before it's release, film was caught in a political controversy after Deepika Padukone showed up at a Left-dominated JNU Students' Union protest in wake of heius attack that was launched on students and faculty members by a mob of masked goons. While members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its several supporters condemned actor's visit, Opposition parties stood by her and declared film tax-free in ir respective States. More controversial, however, was us of her visit by a PR company to promote n-upcoming film.

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