01-19-2006, 08:50 PM
http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/19/stories/...791200.htm
Concern over personalised attack against Brinda Karat
Special Correspondent
Over 150 scholars, academicians, and social activists sign statement supporting her
NEW DELHI: Over 150 scholars, academicians, artists, health practitioners and social activists on Wednesday came out in support of Rajya Sabha member Brinda Karat in her ongoing war of words with yoga guru Ramdev over labour rights and presence of human remains in Ayurvedic preparations made by his Divya Yog Pharmacy (Haridwar).
Expressing serious concern over the "wild allegations and hate campaign being mounted" by Baba Ramdev against Ms. Karat, the signatories to the statement noted that his ire and that of "obscurantist forces that have rallied around him" has been directed against her for raising the issue of the pharmacy violating both labour laws and legal provisions regarding labelling and licensing of drugs.
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Among those who have put their signatures to the statement are Jean Dreze, Armaity Desai, Prabhat Patnaik, C.P. Chandrasekhar, Githa Hariharan, Uma Chakravarty, Tanika Sarkar, Zoya Hassan, Utsa Patnaik, Molayashri Hashmi, Subhashini Ali, Indira Jaising and Sohail Hashmi.
SAME OLD SCUM BAGS
Concern over personalised attack against Brinda Karat
Special Correspondent
Over 150 scholars, academicians, and social activists sign statement supporting her
NEW DELHI: Over 150 scholars, academicians, artists, health practitioners and social activists on Wednesday came out in support of Rajya Sabha member Brinda Karat in her ongoing war of words with yoga guru Ramdev over labour rights and presence of human remains in Ayurvedic preparations made by his Divya Yog Pharmacy (Haridwar).
Expressing serious concern over the "wild allegations and hate campaign being mounted" by Baba Ramdev against Ms. Karat, the signatories to the statement noted that his ire and that of "obscurantist forces that have rallied around him" has been directed against her for raising the issue of the pharmacy violating both labour laws and legal provisions regarding labelling and licensing of drugs.
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Among those who have put their signatures to the statement are Jean Dreze, Armaity Desai, Prabhat Patnaik, C.P. Chandrasekhar, Githa Hariharan, Uma Chakravarty, Tanika Sarkar, Zoya Hassan, Utsa Patnaik, Molayashri Hashmi, Subhashini Ali, Indira Jaising and Sohail Hashmi.
SAME OLD SCUM BAGS