NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has slapped yoga guru Swami Ramdev with a Rs 1,000 crore defamation notice for his controversial remarks about allopathy, scientific medication and their use in treating COVID-19.
The defamation notice to Baba Ramdev has been issued by the Uttarakhand chapter of the IMA – the apex physique of Indian docs.
The IMA notice states that if Ramdev does not submit a video countering the statements given by him and tender a written apology inside the subsequent 15 days, then a sum of Rs 1,000 crore will likely be demanded from him.
It could also be recalled that the IMA had earlier raised sturdy objections to Baba Ramdev‘s controversial remarks and demanded strict motion towards him. IMA state unit, President Dr Ajay Khanna mentioned {that a} letter has been despatched to the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary on this regard.
“In the letter, it is written that there is a lot of resentment among the IMA doctors against the statement of Baba Ramdev. The Union Health Minister has also sent a notice to Ramdev on the same stating that the statement is considered incorrect”, Dr Khanna mentioned.
He added that the state authorities ought to take strict motion towards Swami Ramdev instantly. A defamation notice can also be being despatched to Ramdev on behalf of the IMA, knowledgeable Dr Ajay Khanna.
“In addition to a defamation case that will be filed soon, an FIR will also be lodged, if the government did not take concrete action on the same”, he mentioned. After courting the controversy, Baba Ramdev has withdrawn his statements on allopathic medication. He has additionally obtained a strong-worded letter from Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan who referred to as his remarks “inappropriate”.
“We do not oppose modern medical science and allopathy. We believe that allopathy has shown immense progress in surgery and the lifesaving system and served humanity. My statement has been quoted as part of a WhatsApp message that I was reading during a meeting of volunteers. I am sorry if it has hurt anyone`s sentiment,” Ramdev talked about in his letter to the Union Health Minister in Hindi.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) had on Saturday despatched a authorized notice to yoga guru Ramdev over his alleged statements towards allopathy and “defaming” scientific medication.
However, the Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust has denied allegations by the IMA that Ramdev has misled folks by making “unlearned” statements towards allopathy and defamed scientific medication.
“IMA brings to the notice of our Health Minister, a video circulating in social media portraying, the celebrated Yoga Guruji saying that ‘modern allopathy ek aisi stupid aur diwaliya science hai’ (modern allopathy is a stupid and failed science),” the affiliation mentioned in its assertion.
In Ramdev’s defence, the Haridwar-based Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust mentioned, Yoga Guru was studying out a WhatsApp forwarded message within the video that has gone viral on social media.
