Ramdev declines Haryana govt offer

New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev, who has been appointed Haryana's brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda, declined the state government's offer to have the status of a cabinet minister. "I am a sanyaasi, service to humanity is my only objective. I am not looking for any ministerial position or status," Ramdev said. Ramdev made the announcement at a function organized by the Haryana government in Rai recently, to honour him. "For your decision to bestow me with this honour, I thank you (Haryana govt) profusely, but I want to humbly state that I want to serve you by remaining a 'baba' and a 'fakir'. What you have given, I want to thank you for that but very respectfully I want to hand it back to you," Ramdev said.