BANGALORE: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda reached out to Ayurvedic practitioners’ community in his own style on Sunday.
The CM, who inaugurated the Ayurveda Doctors Conference here, spoke in Malayalam and appreciated the ancient Indian practice and its practitioners for having taken their service to the next level.
The Ayurveda is in practice from five thousand years and has done wonders in the medical field, the CM said and sought sustainable growth of home grown medicinal and Ayurvedic plants. “Our government will give support to the Ayurveda and will vouch for its comprehensive development in all districts in the State and its studies,” Sadananda Gowda stated.
He said 45 lakh people in the State are being treated through Ayurveda. Later, speaking to media persons he said, “There will not be any cut in the existing 27% reservation for the OBCs to accommodate Muslims.” However, he preferred not to comment on Centre’s 4.5 reservation to Muslims.