Rumours of Baba Ramdev buying NDTV quashed

Earlier today, rumours circulated of Yoga guru and founder of Patanjali Ayurved, Baba Ramdev in talks to buy NDTV. These have now been denied.

Both a journalist at NDTV and a Patanjali have denied the news story. Patanjali Ayurved Ltd and Patanjali Yogpeeth spokesman S. K. Tijarawala said, “This is bogus, baseless and unwarranted news that @yogrishiramdev in preliminary talks to buy NDTV @Ach_Balkrishna.”

Similarly, NDTV journalist, Nidhi Razdan tweeted, “Hello people, Ramdev is not buying NDTV. Thank you.”

Reports emerged today that Ramdev was one of the parties, NDTV was in talks to about a possible sale.

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