Contending that Russia has given the first lesson in 'Atmanirbharta' (self-reliance) by making a vaccine against coronavirus, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said India is still busy hawking "wacky remedies like 'Bhabhiji Papads'". "Russia had boldly gone ahead and brought the world's first Covid-19 vaccine. Russian President Vladimir Putin even administered it to his corona-hit daughter to win the country's confidence over its efficacy," he said.

On the contrary, in India, Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries Arjun Ram Meghwal, who publicly claimed that consuming 'Bhabhiji Papads' will boost immunity against Covid, stands exposed as he himself is now infected," Raut said in in his anecdotal column 'Rokthok' in the Shiv Sena's 'Saamana Group'. Attacking the AYUSH Ministry, he said it had claimed that ayurvedic medicines would be effective against corona, but now AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik has also been infected.