Shripad Naik's claims about AYUSH cure for Prince Charles brought shame on Goa: Congress

PANAJI: AYUSH minister Shripad Naik’s “irresponsible” claim that prince Charles recovered from the novel coronavirus (covid-19) infection after undergoing ayurvedic and homeopathy treatment, has brought shame to Goa, the Congress party said on Sunday.
State Congress president Girish Chodankar said that Naik’s claims had been rubbished by the office of the British royal family member.
“The false and misleading statement of Shripad Naik on recovery of Prince Charles from Covid-19 by ayurveda is part of agenda of falsehood and jumla politics of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Chodankar said.
On April 2, Naik addressed a press conference in Goa and claimed that that Prince Charles had been cured of the virus with a medicine formulated by an Ayurveda practitioner based in Bangaluru.
The claim was rejected by the office of Prince Charles.
“This incident has once again exposed the dirty tricks of PM Narendra Modi and BJP Government to fool the people of the country by floating such ideas which have no scientific basis,” Chodankar said. “The incident has put Goa to a shame because of irresponsible behaviour of North Goa MP who tried to toe the line of the Prime Minister.”
Interestingly, on April 1, the AYUSH ministry directed all AYUSH regulatory authorities in states and union territories to stop giving publicity to AYUSH-related claims for COVID-19 treatment and had also warned that action should be taken against persons or agencies making such claims.
The Congress party also said that the prime minister is trying to fool the people though events.
“Today, when PM modi is busy in organising events, thousands of health workers are on the frontline fighting the Corona Virus risking their own lives due to non availability of safety gears,” he said.