A day after the Indian Medical Association (IMA) took yoga guru Baba Ramdev to task for remarks criticizing allopathy, his aide Acharya Balkrishna claimed that IMA president Johnrose Jayalal was conspiring to convert the country to Christianity.
Last week Ramdev in a video clip had said that allopathy — the treatment of disease by drugs or surgery — is a “stupid science” and over 10,000 doctors have died even after taking both doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
“As part of the conspiracy to convert the entire country to Christianity, yoga and Ayurveda [alternative medicine] are being maligned by targeting Ramdev,” Balkrishna tweeted on May 25.
“Countrymen, wake up now from the deep slumber, otherwise the generations to come will not forgive you.”
However, Father Julius Arackal, secretary of the Indian Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s office of health, told that the “Indian government vaccine is a scientifically proven fact.”
He added: “The country is going through very difficult times and struggling to cope with the second wave of Covid-19, so we should promote unity and appreciate all good gestures.” IMA president Jayalal is a Christian and comes from the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
“How can Balkrishna claim that the IMA is trying to convert people in the name of vaccination just because the IMA’s president is from one particular group and from one particular state?” Father Arackal asked.
“Our priorities should be to save lives instead of creating differences between caste and creed.”
Father Arackal ponited out that even last July, long before vaccines reached final trials, Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved drug company claimed Coronil could provide strong protection against the coronavirus.