Chidambaram talks of "missed opportunities", says poll result to be direct product of 2010-11

Asked about the incident of four senior ministers of the UPA government meeting “Baba” Ramdev at the airport and tried to persuade him by speaking of the government's initiative on corruption, Chidambaram said he is not a “Baba” and call him “Mr Ramdev.”

“I would comment on that sentence. I only wish you to drop the word Baba. He is no Baba..he is no saint...call him Mr Ramdev,” the Congress leader said.

Asked whether the government could handle Ramdev's Ramlila agitation, Chidambaram said “I think the way it was handled was right except that last mis-step” a reference to police action against the yoga guru and his supporters.

“We are still in government and we actors are still active in public life. I don't think it would be proper to disclose what happened in the process of decision-making. But clearly, there were two views on how we should treat that shibir.

“He was not conducting a yoga camp. He was holding a political show. He called it a yoga camp. There were two ways of handling it.