Popular Indian TV guru sets sights on new role

Swami Ramdev has a television audience of millions and claims he cures the sick

HARIDWAR, India - He runs a $40 million-a-year health empire, owns a Scottish island and claims to cure cancer. Now, India's star yoga guru plans to enter politics to help the poor and punish the corrupt.

Swami Ramdev aims to "cleanse" the country of greed and foreign influences, drawing on the support of a television audience of millions and his claim to have a follower in every Indian household.