More troubles are brewing for yoga guru Ramdev after the CBI registered a case against his close aide Acharya Balkrishan, with Enforcement Directorate probing the funding part of his business empire, that includes cash-rich trusts.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued summons to Ramdev on a lawsuit by several doctors' associations for allegedly spreading misinformation against allopathy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the plea was not frivolous and a case for its institution was 'definitely' made out.
Relatives of patients undergoing treatment at the hospital where yoga guru Ramdev is admitted have complained of inconvenience and rude behaviour by authorities. They claimed that hospital authorities are not allowing them to meet their near and dear ones admitted to the Himalayan Hospital.
Doctors, attending the Gurgaon resident at the Neurosurgery Department ICU of G B Pant Hospital in New Delhi, said, "Her condition is very critical and her vital parameters are being maintained with increased pharmacological support."
Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday came under attack from Team Anna as he shared the stage with Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad and said he found no basis for allegations of corruption in Gujarat.
Vardhan said that allopathic medicines have saved lives of crores and comments that it is responsible for death of lakhs is "extremely unfortunate".
The Supreme Court on Monday asked yoga guru Ramdev-run Bharat Swabhiman Trust to file its affidavit on the allegation that the Delhi police had "doctored and "tampered" with the CDs and video clippings relating to the July 4 midnight crackdown on the protest by Ramdev at the Ramlila maidan.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet in a local court in Dehradun against yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna for allegedly using fake documents to get a passport.
"I had a strong belief in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but now I do not have faith in him," Hazare said during his visit to Ratnagiri.
Yoga guru Ramdev, who is on an indefinite hunger strike against black money and corruption, on Thursday made public details of his business empire worth over Rs 1,100 crore, claiming everything was in order.
Accusing the government of cheating civil right activists on the issue of Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Thursday extended his support to yoga guru Ramdev's fast against corruption.
Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna on Thursday sought 20 days time to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation for questioning in a case under the Passport Act, claiming he has applied for a United Kingdom visa and his travel document is with that mission.
Balkrishna, an aide of Yoga Guru Ramdev, may be arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday for allegedly furnishing fake documents to get his passport. The CBI has summoned Balkrishna to appear on Thursday in connection with the case as he could not be traced at his residential address in Haridwar. "He has been missing from his residence for three days. If needed, he may be arrested," sources said. The CBI had earlier issued a look-out notice.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday threatened to launch a nationwide agitation against the United Progressive Alliance, starting from five poll-bound states, if it did not take "decisive" steps to bring the Jan Lokpal Bill and repatriate black money stashed abroad in the winter session of Parliament.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday launched his second round of indefinite protest in New Delhi demanding bringing back of black money stashed away abroad.
Yoga guru Ramdev, who along with his supporters faced police crackdown during their agitation at Ramlila Maidan, on Monday, wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to exercise "self restraint" and ensure that similar action was not taken against Anna Hazare and his team.
Balkrishna had gone "missing" from his Divya Yoga Mandir Trust residence in Haridwar on July 25, a day after CBI registered a case against him for cheating and criminal conspiracy for procuring fake degree and violation of section 12 of Indian Passport Act for furnishing fake documents to get a passport.
The yoga guru said he believed that allopathic medicines had the utility and was needed in emergencies, but none should frown on time-tested yogic exercises.
The bench also cautioned Patanjali Ayurved and its officers from making any statements adverse to any system of medicine in the media, both print and electronic, in any form as they said in their undertaking before the court earlier.
Yoga guru Ramdev and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar have declined any Padma award for them reportedly being considered by central government on the occasion of the 66th Republic Day.
Taking people for ransom and winning business by defaming scientific medicine are unpardonable offenses, the IMA said.
Raj Bala, who was undergoing treatment for spinal injuries sustained in police action during yoga guru Ramdev's fast at Ramlila Maidan on June 4, died on Monday.
As National Democratic Alliance leaders joined Yoga guru Ramdev in his protest against black money, members of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition disrupted Parliament over the issue on Monday by demanding that the government should announce a time-bound plan to bring back such unaccounted money stashed abroad.
A local court in Muzaffarpur on Monday accepted a complaint seeking to register a case of sedition against Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh for allegedly describing yoga guru Ramdev as a 'fraud'.
The Supreme Court on Thursday castigated the Delhi Police and yoga guru Ramdev for the midnight violent incident at the Ramlila Maidan last year and said it was a "glaring example of trust deficit" between the people and the government.
Asokan said Ramdev went against the medical profession by saying "modern medicine is a stupid and bankrupt science".
"The allegations may be right or maybe wrong. He may say he did not say any such thing... It needs to be looked into," said the judge.
Jharkhand Communist Party of India leader filing a PIL against a government circular asking school children and teachers to attend special yoga sessions.
The Uttarakhand high court on Thursday granted bail to yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, nearly a month after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a case pertaining to fake documents. After hearing the bail application, a single judge bench of Justice Tarun Agrawal granted bail to Balkrishna.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi but took potshots at Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi in the context of prime ministerial candidates.
The Indian Medical Association will consider taking back police complaints lodged against yoga guru Ramdev and also a defamation notice sent to him if he withdrew his remarks against COVID-19 vaccines and modern medicine, IMA national chief Dr J A Jayalal said.
The bench said it has no doubt in its mind that Patanjali had an intention to flout the court order.
51-year-old Raj Bala was one of the 71 people injured in the pre-dawn police crackdown at Ramlila Maidan, where yoga guru Ramdev was holding his indefinite hunger strike.
Hours after the arrest of his close aide Balkrishna, Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday alleged that the government was taking such steps to scare him and break his resolve in the fight for bringing back black money stashed abroad.
A Central Bureau of Investigation notice was on Friday served on Balkrishna, a close aide of yoga guru Ramdev, asking him to present his original documents related to his education before the probe agency on Saturday. The notice was served to Balkrishna on Friday morning at Patanjali Yogpeeth through Kankhal police station, official sources said in New Delhi.
Close aide of Yoga Guru Ramdev, Balkrishna was on Wednesday alleged to have evaded important queries posed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with a case where he allegedly used fake educational degrees for procuring a passport.
Terming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an "honest person", yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday asked him to make his Cabinet "corruption free."
The Uttarakhand high court on Friday stayed the arrest of yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, charged with procuring fake educational certificates, and asked him to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation on August 3.
With the Central Bureau of Investigation seeking revocation of his close aide Balkrishna's passport, yoga guru Ramdev on Monday targeted Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram demanding action against them following former telecom minister A Raja's statement in court that 2G allocation was done with their consent.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Monday accused the Congress of "lowering the dignity" of the President's office by making Pranab Mukherjee the United Progressive Alliance's nominee for the top constitutional post.
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