Patanjali Ayurved | Ramdev’s new apology bigger than before after Supreme Court knock dgtl

Yogaguru Ramdev and his associate Acharya Balakrishna printed an apology letter in the newspaper this time for the second time. On Tuesday too, they printed the same apology letter. But the yoga gurus faced questions from the Supreme Court about the form of the apology letter. After that they quickly printed a second letter of apology. Compared to the first apology on Wednesday, the size of the apology letter is much larger!

The apology letter printed by Ramdev and Balakrishna on behalf of Patanjali on Wednesday is a quarter of a newspaper page. Titled, ‘Unconditional Apology to the People’. The apology letter then read, “In view of the ongoing matter in the Supreme Court, we personally and unconditionally apologize for the disobedience on the part of our company. We will not make the same mistake a second time. We are committed to complying with the apex court’s order.”

An apology was also released by Patanjali on Tuesday. However, its size was so small that Ramdev had to face the criticism of the Supreme Court. Hearing the ‘misleading and false’ ad case, Justice Hima Kohli observed on Tuesday, “Was the apologia properly printed? As much as they used to print their advertisements, have they also printed the apology letter?” Makul Rohatgi told the Supreme Court while questioning Ramdev that 10 lakhs of rupees were spent on advertisements in 67 newspapers of the country. The Supreme Court has reprimanded that too. Justice Hima Kohli made it clear that the court is not concerned with how many lakhs of rupees Ramdev’s organization has spent on advertising.

A few hours before the hearing in the Supreme Court, Patanjali’s advertisement was published in various newspapers of the country on Tuesday morning. The company has apologized for it. He wrote, “We apologize for the mistake we made by publishing the advertisement and holding the press conference despite the counsel’s advice. This mistake will not happen again. We are committed.” The Supreme Court also questioned why the apology letter was printed on Tuesday morning. The apex court questioned why Patanjali issued an apology ad on Tuesday, when it was supposed to do so earlier.

On June 23, 2020, Patanjali launched the Coronil kit for the first time. The kit, consisting of two types of tablets named ‘Coronil’ and ‘Shwahari Botti’ and a 20 ml bottle of oil named ‘Anu Oil’, was priced at Rs 545. It was also informed that tablets and oil can be bought separately if desired. After that, a total of 23 lakh 54 thousand Coronil kits have been sold till October 18, according to the organization.

Objecting to this advertisement, IMA filed a case against Ramdev’s organization. The IMA alleged that several of Patanjali’s advertisements disparaged allopathic medicine and doctors. It was also accused of misleading the general public through advertisements. It was alleged that Ramdev’s Patanjali made a profit of more than 250 crore rupees just by selling Coronil kits despite not being anti-covid. And the IMA alleged that it ran a ‘misleading and false’ advertising campaign.