By Gopal Sharma

KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Authorities in Nepal have charged former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal with corruption and demanded a million-dollar fine over the purchase of land by a firm owned by Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev, a court official said on Friday.

Nepal, prime minister between 2009 and 2011, faces charges of allowing Patanjali Yogpeeth Nepal company to purchase more land than it was legally allowed to own for herb production, processing and a hospital in the Himalayan nation 15 years ago.

Both Nepal and Patanjali Yogpeeth deny any wrongdoing.

The 72-year-old Nepal heads a small opposition group in parliament and his United Socialist Party says the prosecution is an act of “political vendetta” against him.

“I have not done anything illegal nor indulged in any cor

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