Yoga guru Ramdev withdraws comments belittling allopathy

Amid facing massive backlash for his comments belittling allopathic medicine, yoga guru Ramdev withdrew his comments.

Citing a video circulating on social media, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday had said Ramdev has claimed that allopathy is a "stupid science" and medicines such as remdesivir, faviflu, and other drugs approved by the Drugs Controller General of India have failed to treat Covid-19 patients.

Post IMA’s statement, many doctors across the country had demanded an apology from Ramdev following which Union health minister Harsh Vardhan wrote to him on Sunday stating that his remarks were “extremely unfortunate”.

"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," he said.

Responding to Vardhan’s letter, Ramdev tweeted, “Hon’ble Minister, I have received your letter. I withdraw my statement, putting to rest the controversy over various medical practices… (jee aapaka patr praapt hua, uske sandarbh mein chikitsa paddatiyon ke sangharsh ke is poore vivaad ko khedapoorvak viraam dete hue main apna vaktavya vaapis leta hoon),” and attached his statement.