The Patanjali group’s Divya Pharmacy, a pharmacy run by yoga master Baba Ramdev, charged on Thursday that an “anti-Ayurveda drug mafia” was behind reports that the Uttarakhand government had outlawed the production of five of its medications due to deceptive advertising.
The involvement of the anti-Ayurveda drug mafia is obvious, the company claimed, adding that it had not received a copy of the order mentioned in the reports in top newspapers.
According to a statement from the company, “Patanjali makes all products and medications in accordance with prescribed standards, fulfilling all legal requirements and meeting all international standards with the highest research and quality in the Ayurvedic tradition, with the assistance of more than 500 scientists.”
“The letter has not yet been made available to Patanjali Sansthan in any form,” it continued. “The letter was conspiratorially written and circulated in the media on 09.11.2022, in a sponsored manner by the Ayurveda and Unani Services Uttarakhand.”
According to the company, “Either the department should correct its error and take appropriate action against the person who is involved in this conspiracy, or else the organisation will take legal action to punish the persons responsible for this conspiracy along with the compensation for the institutional loss caused to Patanjali.”
The Uttarakhand government reportedly asked Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved to stop producing five products that the company has marketed as a treatment for high blood pressure, diabetes, goiter, glaucoma, and high cholesterol on Thursday, according to reports in several newspapers.
The manufacturer Divya Pharmacy was ordered to stop producing the ayurvedic health products Madhugrit, Eyegrit, Thyrogrit, BPgrit, and Lipidom by the Ayurveda and Unani Licensing Authority in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, according to The Telegraph.
According to The Hindu, Dr. GCS. Jangpangi, licence officer for Uttarakhand Ayurvedic and Unani Services, issued the order and accused Patanjali of using deceptive advertising.
The action was taken in response to a complaint made by Kerala-based ophthalmologist KV Babu in July of this year, according to the Hindustan Times. On October 11, KV Babu allegedly made another email complaint to the State Licensing Authority (SLA).
