ROW OVER PUTRAJIVAK

                              

A few days back, there was a strange uproar in the Rajya Sabha over an Ayurvedic medicine.  K.C. Tyagi, MP/RS/JDU charged that Baba Ramdev was marketing an illegal medicine, produced by his pharmacy, Divyajyoti Sansthan. Waving a cash memo for purchasing that drug, he argued that while the Prime Minister was running a ‘beti bachao’ campaign, Ramdev was selling a medicine, claimed to get only sons. Supporting him, Mrs Jaya Bachchan took a serious view of the matter and demanded not only an immediate withdrawal of the medicine from the market but strict punitive actions against the Baba.

The Treasury Benches could avert the situation from taking any ugly turn under the plea that without ascertaining the fact, nothing could be committed. The Deputy Chairperson in the chair was convinced and directed the govt to hold an enquiry and inform the House in due course.

Responding to the issue, Baba argued that ignorance about the medicine and intention of some quarters to malign him had led to the row. He claimed that it is a very old Ayurvedic medicine, having no sex preference. From hundreds of years it has been getting prescribed for the barren ladies to be pregnant. The drug helped such needy ladies to conceive and enjoy a safe pregnancy. We further probed and found that Ayurved knows a tree with the name of Putrajivka, whose seeds have properties helping the ladies to conceive. Thus it is evident that the name Putrajivak was not coined by Ramdev and he is being falsely implicated. He had earlier also to undergo a similar acid test when some persons, led by Mrs. Vrinda Karat, MP/CPM had charged that some of the Divyajyoti products contained human bone powder. The charge could not stand when necessary thorough enquiries were conducted.

Quite interestingly, some person on FB wrote that the son of K.C.Tyagi, a senior executive in M/S Hindustan Lever was unhappy over declining business of his company due to a stiff competition from the Divyajyoti products. Another man viewed that if Tyagi is so particular about the meaning of a name, he should himself renounce his worldly possessions to justify his name (Tyagi). Meanwhile, in a pragmatic fashion, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has held the view that the said name was creating confusion in some sections and hence may be changed. To me, a new name Viz. ‘SANTANJIVAK’ has struck and I propose it to be considered.