{"id":439440,"date":"2025-04-22T15:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T10:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=439440"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T10:32:12","slug":"crazy-indian-yoga-guru-in-trouble-for-calling-rooh-afza-sharbat-jihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/crazy-indian-yoga-guru-in-trouble-for-calling-rooh-afza-sharbat-jihad\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Indian Yoga Guru in Trouble for Calling Rooh Afza ‘Sharbat Jihad’"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re drinking Rooh Afza<\/a>, then you’re part of “Sharbat Jihad” or at least that’s what a crazy Indian yoga guru, Ramdev, wants people to think. The Hindu extremist’s comment aimed at Hamdard\u2019s iconic drink has landed him in trouble.<\/p>\n

The Delhi High Court didn\u2019t mince words on Tuesday, calling Ramdev\u2019s remarks \u201cindefensible\u201d and \u201cshocking to the conscience of the court,\u201d as it heard a defamation suit filed by Hamdard Laboratories.<\/p>\n

Justice Amit Bansal\u2019s stern warning came during proceedings where Ramdev\u2019s counsel was urged to take immediate action or face a \u201cstrong order.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t

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In response, Ramdev promised to pull down all videos and social media posts containing the contentious \u201csharbat jihad\u201d claim, which he made on April 3. The court has now asked him to file an affidavit within five days, pledging not to repeat such statements, with the next hearing set for May 1.<\/p>\n

The controversy began when Ramdev accused Hamdard of using profits from Rooh Afza to fund mosques and madrasas, dubbing it \u201csharbat jihad\u201d \u2014 a phrase that quickly ignited communal tensions.<\/p>\n

Ramdev defended himself by saying he never named any brand but claimed Rooh Afza\u2019s makers \u201ctook it on themselves.\u201d He added that if the company supports Islamic institutions, they should be proud, but warned others to be cautious.<\/p>\n

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has also stepped in, filing a police complaint accusing Ramdev of spreading religious hatred and inciting communal disharmony.<\/p>\n

Singh pointed to a video where Ramdev compared soft drinks to \u201ctoilet cleaner\u201d and promoted Patanjali\u2019s rose sharbat as a patriotic alternative supporting Hindu educational institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re drinking Rooh Afza, then you’re part of “Sharbat Jihad” or at least that’s what a crazy Indian yoga guru, Ramdev, wants people to think. The Hindu extremist’s comment aimed at Hamdard\u2019s iconic drink has landed him in trouble. The Delhi High Court didn\u2019t mince words on Tuesday, calling Ramdev\u2019s remarks \u201cindefensible\u201d and \u201cshocking to the conscience of the […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":439442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2566,1298,2199,1292,2540,2530,2578],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-439440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand","8":"category-culture","9":"category-featured","10":"category-humor","11":"category-international","12":"category-social-issue-cause","13":"category-street-buzz"},"wps_subtitle":"The Hindu extremist's comment aimed at Hamdard\u2019s iconic drink has landed him in trouble.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rooh-afza-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rooh-afza.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rooh-afza.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Brand","Culture","Featured","Humor","International","Social Issue\/Cause","Street Buzz"],"title_text":"Crazy Indian Yoga Guru in Trouble for Calling Rooh Afza \u2018Sharbat Jihad\u2019","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2566,1298,2199,1292,2540,2530,2578&exclude=439440","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439440"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=439440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}