Patanjali promises IMA a 'befitting legal response' over complaint against Baba Ramdev

Hours after a complaint was lodged by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Patanjali Yogipeeth has confirmed the receipt of the legal notice and has vowed to give a 'befitting reply.' The IMA unit has demanded yoga guru Baba Ramdev to issue a video countering his claims on allopathy & modern medicine and tender a written apology within the next 15 days or face penalty. Patanjali co-founder Acharya Balakrishna reportedly told PTI that the legal notice had been received and that a reply will be given in a legal manner similar to how the company functioned 'while serving their motherland & humanity.' Further, Patanjali claimed that it carried out all activities with 'scientific and truthful temperament' and that it 'cannot allow anyone to disparage, neglect and demean the great knowledge and science of rishis and scriptures.'

Patanjali vows to give befitting legal reply to IMA

"We will give them befitting reply legally which way we do all things while serving our great motherland and humanity," Acharya Balakrishna told PTI in an e-mail query on the legal notice served against Baba Ramdev. 

IMA lodges plaint against Baba Ramdev

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has lodged a complaint against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for committing offences under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1987, the Disaster Management Act 2005 with other relevant provisions of law for his remarks against allopathy & modern medicine, at the IP Estate Police station in Delhi (over dishonest and wrongful representations on allopathy). IMA's complaint comes after Congress' Gaurav Pandhi shared an undated video of Baba Ramdev claiming that 'even their fathers couldn't arrest me' (coarsely, in Hindi) - referring to the growing call on social media and among doctor associations seeking Baba Ramdev's arrest for allegedly 'spreading misinformation amid a pandemic.' 

Baba Ramdev boasts 'even their father can't arrest me' 

From Resident Doctor's Associations of various medical institutes to the IMA, doctors have sought Baba Ramdev to be labelled an 'unreliable source' for information on health following his attack on allopathy, and in fact, more, going on to seek sedition charges being slapped against him, and also with a call online to 'Arrest Baba Ramdev' to which he was presumably replying. In the video shared by the Congress leader, Baba Ramdev is heard saying that he was aware of the growing call to arrest him and applauded the people who made it the top trend in India. 

What did Baba Ramdev say about allopathy?

IMA's demand to prosecute Baba Ramdev under the Epidemic Diseases Act was triggered by a video being circulated on social media in which Baba Ramdev is allegedly heard saying 'allopathy ek aisi stupid aur dilwaliya science hai' ('Allopathy is a stupid & ... science'). In a press release, IMA claimed that Baba Ramdev had called doctors 'murderers' in front of the Health Minister in the pretext of the 'release of his wonder drugs' and accused the yoga guru of misleading the public by making baseless accusations to sell his 'unapproved & illegal drugs'. 

Further, IMA claimed that Baba Ramdev had challenged the wisdom and integrity of the DCGI by making a remark that people had passed away after taking approved anti-COVID drugs such as Remdesivir, Fabiflu and others. The press release claimed that Baba Ramdev's quote (from the speech presumably) on Favipiravir as medicine against fever or antipyretic was 'laughable' and displayed his ín-depth scientific knowledge.' Citing the pain & agony over the loss of over 1200 modern medicine doctors, IMA dared the govt to either consider the accusations of Baba Ramdev and dissolve the modern medicine facility or boldly prosecute yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his statements.