Make stand clear on Anandaiah’s herbal preparation

Make stand clear on Anandaiah’s herbal preparation

Narayana

He suspects foul play by pharma industry, corporate hospitals

30/05/2021

Special CorrespondentTIRUPATI

Vouching for Krishnapatnam Anandaiah’s “herbal preparation” for COVID-19, CPI national secretary K. Narayana has asked the State government to make clear its stand on administering it to the people. On Mr. Anandaiah’s “prolonged absence,” Mr. Narayana has demanded that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy “shun his silence” and spell out the future course of action on the raging issue.

Addressing the media here on Saturday, Dr. Narayana cited the presence of lakhs of traditional practitioners and natural healers across the country, and wondered why Mr. Anandaiah was being targeted in the name of Central government clearance, or research by AYUSH team.

“We have local healers administering medicine for jaundice at Kotala and bone fracture at Puttur. But there is unnecessary politics going around Mr. Anandaiah issue,” he pointed out.

Suspecting foul play by the pharma industry and corporate hospitals to either demean the “local medical recipe” or usurp it, he said the 60,000 persons who had been administered the “drug” were ample proof of its efficacy on immunity, if not for COVID-19.

"Local people have started mobilising in favour of Mr. Anandaiah, but some Cabinet Ministers are learnt to be misusing him for preparing the drug for personal use, which is condemnable. We want an answer from Mr. Jagan,” he said.