Ramdev, NRI at war for Yoga patent

YOGA MESS: Ramdev said the patent should either go to the Government of India or to his Ashram.

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Shimla: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev protested an NRI’s move in the US to secure patent of yoga, saying either Government of India or his Patanjali Ashram should get the patent.

An NRI, Vikram Chaudhary, reportedly applied for the patent of Yoga with the US administration.

"How can any Tom, Dick and Harry, who has no true knowledge of Yoga, can get patent of Yoga, the traditional knowledge of India," PTI quoted Ramdev as saying.

He claimed that the patent should either go to the Government of India or to his Ashram, a trust which had valuably contributed in popularising the ancient science in the country and aborad.

"Fake Babas and others who regularly consume liquor or eat meat have mushroomed in large numbers as experts of Yoga. Their interest is commercial," PTI quoted Ramdev as saying.

Meanwhile, BJP Parliamentary Party Spokesman Vijay Kumar Malhotra also spoke out on the issue and said it was a serious matter and the Government should take it up with the US Government.

He assured that the BJP would raise the issue in Parliament.