NEW DELHI: Members of Parliament on Wednesday expressed anger over offensive remarks made by yoga guru Baba Ramdev.

Samajwadi Party MP Shailendra Kumar has
moved a privilege motion seeking action against people making derogatory
remarks against MPs. The MP has initiated the motion without naming
Baba Ramdev, who had called MPs “murderers and robbers” at a public
function in Durg (Chhattisgarh) on Tuesday.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on
Friday had a meeting with RLD chief Ajit Singh in the backdrop of her
efforts to hold consultations with UPA constituents and others to forge a
consensus on the Presidential nominee . RLD with five members in Lok Sabha is
the latest entrant in the UPA having joined the ruling alliance just
before the Uttar Pradesh elections.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on
Monday clearly indicated that it would not support a presidential
candidate of the Congress. BJP stalwart and leader of opposition in the
Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said the party was in favour of former president
APJ Abdul Kalam being brought back to Rashtrapati Bhavan again though
there were problems with his candidature too.

This means that despite holding Pranab
Mukherjee in high regard, the BJP will not support the finance minister
whose name has also cropped up as a contender for the post of president.