Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday convened a meeting of senior ministers to further discuss the demands of Baba Ramdev who is on a hunger strike demanding immediate measures to get back the black money stashed away abroad.

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The meeting came shortly after the Baba took a two-hour break from his protest to discuss issues with government representatives on various issues related to his demands.

P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, Subodh Kant Sahay, cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar and T K A Nair, principal secretary to the prime minister, were in the meeting called by Mukherjee in his North Block office.

Meanwhile, back-channel talks were on to resolve the stand-off in the wake of Ramdev's agitation.

Though there are no official meetings scheduled between the two sides, sources said "talks are one and it is not necessary to meet for holding a dialogue."

They hoped something positive would come out of this exercise.

Cong targets Ramdev's fast; calls it 'remote controlled'

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday targeted Baba Ramdev's fast alleging it has been "remotely controlled or hijacked" by vested political interests with BJP and RSS and their several frontal organisations trying to destabilise the government through the campaign.

"It is most unfortunate that this common crusade against corruption is allowed to be remotedly controlled or hijacked by vested political interests. The nation is aghast to see that BJP, RSS and their frontal organisations, which have repeatedly failed to get popular mandate, are trying to destabilise the government", party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters here.

"By conceiving, controlling and coordinating the movement like the one at Ramlila Maidan, they are destabilising not only the government but the nation", he said, in almost identical comments of party General Secretary Digvijay Singh who has been sharply critical of the yoga guru.

Hunger strike in Goa to support Baba Ramdev's fast

Panaji: To show their support to Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's hunger strike against corruption, 11 persons on Saturday launched an indefinite hunger strike at the Azad Maidan in Panaji.

They have decided to continue with their fast till Baba Ramdev ends his fast in Delhi.

The Bharat Swabhiman Trust's Goa coordinator Kamlesh Bandekar said that around 109 people observed a token hunger strike today. "We expect 200 people to join for token hunger strike tomorrow, Sunday," he said.

Bandekar said that there were at least 150 people who visited Azad Maidan to express their support to the movement.