‘Christian plot’ to malign yoga and ayurveda: Ramdev aide

DEHRADUN: Amid a raging tussle between the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Ramdev over the yoga guru’s “allopathy killed lakhs” comment, Patanjali chairman and Ramdev’s top aide Balkrishna took to Twitter on Tuesday to say there was “a conspiracy to convert the entire country to Christianity and turn them against yoga and Ayurveda.”
IMA’s Uttarakhand chapter responded by writing to chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat and demanding that Ramdev be booked under the Epidemic Diseases Act.
“As part of the conspiracy to convert the entire country into #Christianity, #Yoga and #Ayurveda are being maligned by targeting @yogrishiramdevjee,” Balkrishna tweeted, attaching a clip from a website that had the photo of IMA president Dr JA Jayalal. His tagline asked: “Doctor or pastor”.
Dr Jayalal told TOI, “I have never done or intended to do anything with religion in mind.”