New Delhi, Aug. 9 (PTI): Yoga practitioner Ramdev today began a three-day fast, issuing a “last warning” to the Union government to get a strong Lokpal enacted and bring back black money stashed abroad.

He said there was a need for an “honest and courageous” Prime Minister to make this possible. Returning to Ramlila Maidan here, from where he was bundled out in a midnight police crackdown in June last year, he said if the government failed to indicate its course of action on these and other demands, he would announce his future strategy on Saturday.

Neither Anna Hazare nor any of his erstwhile team members were present at the protest venue, where a few thousands of his supporters have gathered to join him in the fast. Ramdev said he had no political agenda and was not keen on indefinite fast and protests.

“There will be no fast-unto-death. There is no indefinite fast. We will go without food and water for three days. I am giving a final warning to the government to take a decision within three days.

“After three days, let them (the government) tell us what they are going to do. If they don’t, we will announce the next course of action. If they cannot understand the voice of peace, then may be we have to make them listen to the voice of revolution but without violence,” he said.

In the evening, winding up the day’s proceedings, he said, if his suggestions on bringing back black money were accepted, “petrol will be Rs 35 per litre” and there would be all-round fall in prices.