New Delhi: Rebutting allegations that his pharmacy sells medicine for conceiving a male child, yoga guru Ramdev on Friday claimed that he was being targeted through “lies” to defame the Prime Minister.
He also demanded that JD(U) MP K.C. Tyagi, who had raised this issue in Parliament on Thursday, and others should apologise to the people of India for mocking Ayurveda.
Ramdev had tweeted on Thursday that ‘Putrajivak’ is a “classical ayurvedic name and deals with infertility issues, not gender-selection” as alleged. He said a disclaimer will now be added on the package of the medicine ‘Putrajivak Beej’ that it does not promise a male child and claimed it is named so after the scientific name of the herb ‘Putranjiva roxburghii Wall’.
“MPs who have no clue about Ayurveda should be ashamed and should apologise to the nation. The medicine (pack) does not say anywhere that it helps in producing a son,” Ramdev said while addressing the media. He also took a jibe at SP MP Jaya Bachchan saying she was demanding a ban on his pharmacy products as she was “not getting any opportunity to act in movies these days”.
Calling himself a fakir (ascetic), Ramdev, who had openly supported Narendra Modi’s prime ministerial campaign, repeatedly invoked the Prime Minister’s name and said not only he but the PM was being “unfairly” targeted through these “falsehoods”.
“On one hand there is the fakir and on the other hand there is the wazir. It’s being said that when the Prime Minister is saying Beti Bachao, his closest man is saying Beta Badhao. Essentially insult the fakir and tarnish the wazir’s name is the method,” he said.
Health minister to inquire: Paswan
Union consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the Union health minister has asked to looking into the matter. “However, you can’t bring this under misleading advertisement."
