Swami Ramdev told IANS: "In this world 1,100 million people face hunger, every second child dies due to lack of health facilities, 3,000 million people live below the poverty line and the per capita income in developing countries is less than one rupee a day. You can't even buy bread in that!"

"Every sensible and knowledgeable person must stand up against poverty. In fact, it is every person's duty to do so. We cannot expect everything from the government," he added.