HYDERABAD: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday pledged his support to BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and said he would conduct Yoga Mahotsava across the country on March 23 in a bid to mobilize votes for the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Claiming more than 23 crore people had already enrolled for the Yoga Mahotsav, Ramdev said he would ensure 20 crore votes in favour of the BJP through the mega yoga camp. And he said he was sure of the BJP-led NDA getting 340 seats in the Lok Sabha.

"Our objective is to fetch 340 seats for the Modi-led party. We are pledging to realize this through the Yoga Mahotsav," Ramdev said in a press conference.

He would launch a Yoga Week on March 17, which would culminate in the Mahotsav on March 23 that would be held at each district headquarter across the country.

He said he was supporting Modi since the BJP's policy was in consonance with his anti-corruption crusade including fight to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks. "I had a meeting with the BJP leaders including Modi, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari on January 5 and they have been committed to bring back the black money. And they have also been committed to our proposal on tax reform," he said.

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