Ramdev’s close aide Balkrishna had to be rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday amidst reports of Patanjali chief suffering a heart attack. Although the controversial Yoga guru later issued a desperate clarification that his close friend had fainted after consuming a peda (Indian sweets made of milk and sugar). However, much to their discomfort, the news of Balkrishna became a topic of social media ridicule as netizens began to poke fun at Ramdev and the quality of his company’s products.
What prompted many mock Ramdev and his ailing aide Balkrishna was the controversial baba’s clarification which read, “Grateful to those who have expressed their concern for Acharya Balkrishna’s health. A person had brought a sweet on the occasion of Janamashtmi. He fainted after consuming that sweet. Now his condition is coming back to normal slowly. With your prayers and the blessings of God, Acharya will recover soon.”
While social media users had sympathy for the poor health of the billionaire Patanjali chief, they detected a sense of humour in Ramdev’s clarification that the key reason why Balkrishna had fainted was the consumption of peda. Many users wondered if the peda was made by Patanjali, while others mocked Ramdev for seeking a cure in allopathy despite promoting the use of herbal and ayurvedic medicines for years.
Balkrishna too came for ridicule since, only a few days ago, he had tweeted promoting tulsi, an Indian herb, for preventing heart attack.
Here’s how social media reacted:
कैंसर ठीक करनेवाला रामदेव पेडे का इलाज नहीं कर सकता https://t.co/6R2lqAuqli
— jayant (@jayantsjy) August 24, 2019
मतलब, झंझट सिर्फ पतंजलि के ईलाज में ही नहीं है, पेड़ों में भी है। 😆
— Suresh Sharma (@scsharma333) August 24, 2019
जाँच का विषय है , राम देव की भी पूछ ताछः होनी चाहीऐ
— Dilawar Khan (@DilawarIT) August 24, 2019
Must have eaten Patanjali products https://t.co/6zwJNyhPtE
— Dhiraj (@AAPlogical) August 24, 2019
पेड़ा पतंजलि का था? https://t.co/T5GJmjSq0x
— Ishwar Kandpal (@ikspeaks) August 24, 2019
Inke pas ek. Ayurvedic sawal huwa karti thi jis me kehte the k heart k problem ka ramban ilaaj.
To khud aaims me kya yoga krne ja raha hai dhongi baba https://t.co/dh6Ti2rGwn— Sherlock Feku (@SherlockFeku) August 23, 2019
47-year-old Balkrishna is of Nepali origin was included in the list of billionaires in 2017 after Patanjali’s earnings soared. However, the company has witnessed a downward growth in recent months with Balkrishna blaming the demonetisation and the rollout of GST for the company’s decline in sales.
Its shame that Ramdev thad built his empire from public donations. He has built huge infrastructure for Ayurvedic and naturopathic treatment and he and his aide Balkrishna have been ridiculing allopathic treatment and he had even chalkenged the treatment of higher stage cancer. But for simple food poisoning the duo had to go to AIIMS shaming the same ayurved and yoga which the duo had been propagating. Ramdev has crimed by misusing public fund. He also gained controversy over death of his guru and Rajiv Dixit.