The Delhi high court on Thursday issued summons to yoga guru Ramdev on a suit by Delhi Medical Association (DMA). The DMA said in its petition that Ramdev's company Patanjali is propagating false information about its Coronil kit that it is a cure for the coronavirus disease. he high court orally asked the counsel for Ramdev to tell him not to make any provocative statement till the next date of hearing on July 13 and respond to the suit. DMA, on behalf of its doctor members, said Ramdev's statement affects as that medicine does not cure coronavirus and it is misleading. For the unversed, it all started, after Baba Ramdev in a video was seen saying that ‘allopathy is stupid and failed science’ and ‘lakhs of patients have died after taking allopathic medicines.'
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on May 22 sent Ramdev a legal notice asking him to recall his words and to publish a written apology. The IMA said, “Union Health Minister to either accept accusation and dissolve modern medical facility or prosecute him and book him under Epidemic Diseases Act.” The IMA in its statement said that the remarks were ‘a threat to the literate society of the country as well as to the poor people falling prey to him.' Following IMA’s request, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday, May 23, called Ramdev’s statement on allopathic medicines “extremely unfortunate” and asked him to withdraw it. In his letter to the Yoga guru, Vardhan said, “The statement disrespects the corona warriors and hurt the sentiments of the country. Your statement on allopathy can break the morale of healthcare workers and weaken our fight against Covid-19,” reported Hindustan Times. In his letter Health Minister said that allopathic medicines have saved the lives of crores and claims that it is responsible for the deaths of lakhs is ‘extremely unfortunate’. The IMA has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that Ramdev be booked for sedition for his remarks and alleged misinformation campaign on vaccination. The medical body has also served a defamation notice on Baba Ramdev for his remarks against allopathy and allopathic practitioners, demanding an apology from him within 15 days, failing which it said it will demand a compensation of Rs 1,000 crore from the yoga guru.