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But you hold the high constitutional post. You have to take care of the political, constitutional and democratic responsibility. "Your personal honesty is not enough. You have to be politically honest too. You have to keep your Cabinet honest. Then people will respect you (more)," Ramdev told his supporters, who were waiving the tricolour. Before beginning his fast, he told reporters that he was intensifying the protest to bring back black money stashed away abroad and "I want the countrymen to be part of the fight to finish by August". Ramdev also invoked the name of Rajiv Gandhi saying when the former prime minister talked about only 15 paise out of a rupee reaching the beneficiaries, it was "ideal" but "when we talk about it, then we are called "khalnayaks (villains)". The protest also had its share of drama when a man in his late twenties and claiming to be a 'volunteer' of Team Anna, tried to attempt self-immolation alleging that he was mistreated by prominent members of India Against Corruption. Meanwhile, minister of state for parliamentary affairs Harish Rawat said Team Anna and Ramdev were free to voice their concern against corruption but they cannot be allowed to "destroy" the existing institutions to tackle graft. "They have full freedom to voice concern against corruption. But Anna Hazare and Ramdev should understand that in the name of fighting corruption, if they want to destroy the existing institutions, the country will not accept it.," he told reporters. In his address, Ramdev claimed that FDI worth Rs 20 lakh crore held the "key" to people involved in stashing away black money abroad. If the government names the actual investors of FDI, the puzzle with regard to black money will be solved," he said in an apparent reference to Foreign Institution Investors (FII), which can allegedly be used by people to stash away black money. Seeking answers to the fall of the rupee and dipping GDP from finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, Ramdev said the Indian Economy.