"They do service-- run schools, colleges and hospitals, and with that they also convert. We do service including teaching yoga free of cost. But we have not changed anybody's religion but only their lives," he claimed while speaking at the inauguration of 8th Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair 2016 here.
He said people were often told to learn charity from Christians but lakhs of Hindu sadhus and charitable trusts were also offering such services.
He also rejected suggestions that Hinduism discriminated against anybody, especially the Dalits.
"Always use swadeshi products. One East India company came and looted and destroyed India for 200 years. We have achieved political independence but not economic independence," he said.
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"Not a rupee should go to foreign countries. Take a vow to use swadeshi products," Ramdev, who promotes the Patanjali Ayurved, a fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) firm, said.
He promised to spend every penny of the profit earned from Patanjali products on charity and said plans were afoot to spend about Rs 25,000 crore for this purpose in the next 5-10 years.
Ramdev said he also had plans to construct a university to impart both vedic and modern education.
Giani Iqbal Singh, Jathedar, Patna Sahib, Prof. Geshe Ngawang Samten, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Tibetan Studies, Varanasi, and Dr Veerendra Heggede, Dharmadhikari (hereditary administrator), Dharmasthala Temple were also present at the fair.
The organisers said they expected one million people to attend the fair, which will conclude on August 8, at the AM Jain College Grounds at Meenambakkam here.