NEW DELHI: Launching a scathing attack on the UPA government, yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday said, "Our Prime Minister is honest but the Union cabinet is corrupt."

Ramdev along with anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is on a day-long fast at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.

In his first public speech at Parliament Street in New Delhi, Ramdev said: "Prime Minister should first make his Cabinet corruption free before taking any corruption-free measure."

"The prime minister said that 'I am honest', but the country does not see you as an individual," said Ramdev.

"The nation respects you for being an honest individual, but you should also be honest politically. The country sees you as the person holding the highest constitutional post. Your personal honesty is not enough... Keep your cabinet honest," he said.

Ramdev said, "Manmohan Singh was forced to give statement on illegal mining. We all know that the prime minister is a honest person and we all respect him. But people expect him to make his Cabinet corruption free."

Starting his speech with slogans like "Vande Mataram", "Bharat Mata ki Jai", he said common people are above elected representatives.

"The elected representatives say they are above all, but the Constitution of India says people are above all," he said.

He further said, "First battle for Independence was fought in 1857 and second battle is being fought today. We are fighting this battle not to hurt anybody."

On the issue of Naxals, Ramdev said, "I do not support the Naxals but their war is legitimate, their demands are justified."

While Team Anna members Medha Patkar, Santosh Hegde and Prashant Bhushan will not be present for the Sunday fast, Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi were present at the venue.

The fast has been called to mark one year of Ramdev's last agitation at Ramlila ground, from where he was arrested in the middle of the night between June 3 and 4 last year.

Ahead of their joint fast, both Ramdev and Anna Hazare visited Rajghat.

Baba Ramdev reached Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi along with a number of his supporters after taking out a march from the Delhi borders while Hazare reached there from Maharashtra Sadan where he was staying.

Before heading to Rajhat from Tikri Kalan on Delhi border, Ramdev threatened the government with a fight to finish by August for bringing back black money stashed abroad.

Ramdev said the economic situation in the country is very bad as the rupee was falling and growth rate had declined.

"We need to bring back black money. I appeal to people of the country to join this fight. We are intensifying this fight. From today, we are intensifying our protest to bring back black money stashed abroad and want all of the countrymen to be part of the fight to finish by August," he said after paying tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Azad Hind Gram.

Hazare was accompanied by Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi.

Both Hazare and Baba Ramdev spent some time meditating at Rajghat.

Baba Ramdev also went to the nearby Shahid Park.

With inputs from PTI and IANS