Dehradun/New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Fasting Baba Ramdev, admitted in a Dehradun hospital after his condition deteriorated, was stable but weak, doctors attending on him said Saturday even as fresh efforts were made by political and spiritual leaders to urge the yoga guru to call off his eight-day old fast against corruption.

Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar met Ramdev in the hospital for the second day Saturday though the government was at pains to clarify that it has made "no backdoor" attempts to talk to Ramdev. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), meanwhile, spared no attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for the June 4 crackdown on Ramdev's supporters in New Delhi's Ramlila Ground.

The BJP also demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the police action at the Ramlila Ground, in which several people were injured.

Deepak Goyal, a doctor at Dehradun's Jolly Grant Hospital where Ramdev is admitted, said the guru was stable but weak.

"His condition is stable. Last (Friday) night there was a sudden fall in his parameters but it was controlled through treatment. All parameters are under control now," he told reporters.

Goyal, however, added that Ramdev is having "problems in sitting and speaking, and he has weakness."

The condition of Acharya Balakrishna, a close aide of Ramdev who is also on fast, is also stable, the doctor added.

He clarified that Ramdev has not taken any food orally so far, but was given a drip of saline, glucose and vitamins.