Frontline, Volume 23 – Issue 02, Jan. 28 – Feb. 10, 2006
Serious allegations are made against a Haridwar-based producer of Ayurvedic medicines on two counts – violation of labour laws and consumers’ right to information.
A CONTROVERSY involving yoga and pranayama guru Ramdev and Rajya Sabha member and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat hogged the headlines in the first two weeks of January. Even as some news reports whipped up sentiments in the name of `protecting’ Ayurveda and Indian culture, they obfuscated the real issues – violation of labour laws and consumers’ right to information.
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