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Doctors mark ‘Black Day’ against Ramdev

So far Prime Minister Narendra Modi has maintained silence on this entire issue

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AIIMS Doctors Protesting against Ramdev and demanding his arrest. | Image: Twitter

Medics across India are observing a “Black Day” today in protest against Yoga guru Ramdev’s alleged remarks on allopathy where he apparently called modern medical treatments “stupid”. Various medical associations have demanded an “unconditional open public apology” for Ramdev’s alleged “insensitive and derogatory” comments that more people died of modern medicine during the coronavirus pandemic than the deadly disease itself.

Dr Manish told Afternoon Voice, “No doctor wants any kind of debate with Ramdev. Who is he? He is just a layperson who made his business in this pandemic.” 

“Doctors have worked through the pandemic day and night. They have lost lives. We are expecting more than 10,000 doctors to participate. We will go to any extent, we can go to court also” he added.

In a viral video, Ramdev is heard saying at an event, “Lakhs of people have died because of allopathic medicines, far more than those who died because they did not get treatment or oxygen.” 

The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), which had called for the protest, said that even after raising objections to Ramdev’s statements, “no action has been taken yet.”

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) – the country’s topmost body of doctors – has also extended support to the protest where doctors will wear black badges at the workplace. 

Ramdev’s Patanjali group – one of India’s biggest Ayurvedic businesses – was prompt to defend its boss and said the video had been edited and the statement “taken out of context”. Ramdev has “no ill-will against modern science and good practitioners of modern medicine”, the group said.

Facing backlash over his comments and a letter from Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, the saffron-robed Yogi withdrew his statement soon after.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has also sent a notice to the 55-year-old asking him to apologise for the remarks within 15 days. If he fails to do so, the top doctors’ body said a compensation of Rs 1,000 crore will be demanded from him for defamation. Patanjali has said it will give a “befitting reply” legally to the defamation notice. The IMA also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take action against Ramdev under sedition and other charges for allegedly “spearheading a misinformation campaign on Covid vaccination.”

Showing no regret for his remarks, Ramdev was seen in yet another controversial video on social media, challenging calls for his arrest, saying “even their baap (father) cannot arrest Swami Ramdev.”

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Vaidehi Taman
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Vaidehi Taman an Accredited Journalist from Maharashtra is bestowed with three Honourary Doctorate in Journalism. Vaidehi has been an active journalist for the past 21 years, and is also the founding editor of an English daily tabloid – Afternoon Voice, a Marathi web portal – Mumbai Manoos, and The Democracy digital video news portal is her brain child. Vaidehi has three books in her name, "Sikhism vs Sickism", "Life Beyond Complications" and "Vedanti". She is an EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker, OSCP offensive securities, Certified Security Analyst and Licensed Penetration Tester that caters to her freelance jobs.
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