Chandigarh, Apr 13: The BJP govern of Haryana on Monday decided to give "status equivalent to Cabinet Minister" to controversial Hindu religious leader Ramdev, who has been appointed as the state's brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda.
"Ramdev, Brand Ambassador for promotion of yoga and ayurveda in Haryana, will be given status equivalent to Cabinet Minister," Haryana's Health and Sports Minister, Anil Vij tweeted today.
In this file photo, Baba Ramdev is wearing salwar-kameez and dupatta to create a miracle by mysteriously disappearing from a protest ground in 2011. However, he was caught by police. Ramdev admitted that he tried to hide himself among women supporters to escape being nabbed.
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Vij had earlier said a herbal forest would be developed in the state where plants of thousands of species of ayurvedic herbs would be grown under the supervision of Ramdev.
The emphasis on yoga and ayurveda would lead to an amalgamation of tradition and modernity and inclusion of yoga in the school syllabus would turn Haryana into a model state based on Indian values and traditions, Vij had said.
Yoga would be made a compulsory subject in Haryana's schools for which 'yogshalas' will be constructed in all the towns and about 6,500 villages of the state under the guidance of Ramdev, he said.
Notably, last month, Haryana Assembly had witnessed uproarious scenes as the BJP government came under sharp attack from opposition Congress for allegedly "going out of way to please Ramdev by making him the brand ambassador" for promotion of yoga and ayurveda in the state.
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