New Delhi, A day after
opposition MPs demanded a ban on a medicine from his pharmacy, yoga guru Ramdev
today rebutted allegations that it was being sold for conceiving a male child
and claimed that he was being targeted through “lies” to defame the Prime
Minister.
However, he said a disclaimer will be added on the
package of the medicine ‘Putrajeevak 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,” he told a press conference here,
and demanded an apology from JD(U) MP KC Tyagi, who raised the issue in Rajya
Sabha yesterday, accusing him of resorting to “lies”.
The yoga guru, who has courted several controversies
in the past, also took a jibe at Samajwadi Party 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”.
“The name has simply been derived from its
scientific name ‘Putranjiva roxburghii Wall’ and has got nothing to do with the
promise of a son. Lying in the Parliament is a national crime,” he said.
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 and tarnish the wazir’s name is the method,” he said.
According to Ramdev, the opposition was latching
onto every issue to target Modi, who, he said was focusing on developing the
manufacturing sector as well agriculture.
“While Modi is trying to find a balance between the
two, the Opposition wants him to fail on both the fronts. He should be given
time,” he said, evading a direct reply on the Land Acquisition Bill.
Yesterday, opposition MPs led by KC Tyagi in the
Rajya Sabha demanded a ban on the product and had sought stringent action
against the manufacturer. Ramdev was recently made Haryana’s brand ambassador
by the BJP government there. (Source- www.newsroompost.com)
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