A video widely shared on Social Media, Ramdev Baba said, “Lakhs of people have died because of allopathic medicines, far more than those who died because they did not get treatment or oxygen.” He also allegedly called allopathy a “stupid and bankrupt” science.
The IMA demanded that the central government take strict action against yoga guru Ramdev. The IMA said his “unlearned” comments could mislead people.
Facing a backlash over the comments, Ramdev’s Patanjali group said the video had been edited and the statement “taken out of context”. CEO of Ayurvedic products had “no ill-will against modern science and good practitioners of modern medicine”, it said.
“It is necessary to mention that the event was a private event and Ramdev baba was reading out a forwarded WhatsApp message received by him and various other members who were participating in the event… what is being attributed against him is false and nugatory,” it said.
