Dr. Johnrose Austin Jayalal, president of the Indian Medical Association
- Evangelist Dr. Jayalal wants to make hospitals a weapon of Christian conversion[2]
- “I deeply desire to be a living witness to God and encourage young medical students and doctors to receive Jesus as their personal savior. I aim to be a witness for God in the secular organization I serve.”
- Only Christian doctors and churches stood against devastating pandemics
- “This virus has created a fear and understanding among the public that there is Someone more powerful than all of what we have. When leprosy, cholera, and other pandemics devastated the world, it was Christian doctors and churches who stood against it, showing Christian compassion.
- Fear, confusion and desperation of pandemic as an opportunity to share Gospel
- “The urgent need of the proclamation of the Gospel to people who are suffering from the virus has allowed us to share the Gospel even in secular institutions.”
- Dr Jayalal believes it is only Christianity that came as the real saviour of the Indian poor during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
- “The majority of people who got sick were from the middle or top socio-economic statuses. The people on the lower level — yes, it was a problem, but most of the time, it’s really the churches who were taking care of them. The government has not come forward to support them”
- Secular institutions like hospitals, colleges as soft target of Missionary activities
- “We need more Christian doctors to work more in secular institutions, mission institutions, and medical colleges. I am working as a professor of surgery in a medical college, so it is also a good opportunity for me to carry on the principles of holistic healing there. I also have the privilege of mentoring graduates and the interns.”
- Dr Jayalal believes the fight against Ayurveda is actually fight against Hindutva and Sanskrit [4]
- “They (Indian government) want to make it one nation, one system of medicine. Next, they will want to make it one religion. This is also based on Sanskrit language, which is always traditionally based on the Hindu principles. This is an indirect way for the government to introduce the language of Sanskrit and language of Hindutva into the minds of the people.”
- Dr Jayalal seeks wisdom and guidance of God Almighty in fight against government
- “As the leader of the Indian Medical Association, I need to continue fighting against the government. We have organized various demonstrations and protests. In the last 14 days, I have organized a hunger strike across the country, and most of our modern medical doctors have participated. I am also seeking the wisdom and guidance of God Almighty about what further I will do in this difficult time.”
- Hindus already believe in many Gods and hence can easily accept Christ or Muhammad as one of them
- “One of the things we must always remember is that Hinduism or Hindutva is different from other religions because of polytheism. They accept different gods. They have no difficulty in accepting or proclaiming that Jesus is one of the gods or Muhammad is one of the gods. So religious restrictions are less when comparing them with systems of other countries. I personally feel that it is not that difficult in India”
- Every Christian can preach the Gospel everywhere in India, and yet President IMA continues to say Christians being persecuted
- “The opportunity in front of every Christian is splendid. It is not solely the responsibility of the pastor; it is that every Christian who is born again and who has experienced the love and affection of God Almighty will respond to the calling to go and preach the good news of love. I am able to see, even amid persecution, even amid difficulties, even amid the control by the government, even among the restrictions we face in openly proclaiming the message, of love by various means and ways, God Almighty is present.”
- Dr Jayalal wants ‘Christian’ doctors to give the spiritual healing to patients
- “I believe we are not here just here to physically cure, but God Almighty has called us to give holistic healing, which includes the spiritual healing, the mental healing, and the social healing.”
- Only protection among pandemic is through grace of God, says IMA President
“It’s only the grace of God Almighty that helps us to get over the crisis and stay safe, and it was his grace that protected us. Through night-time prayers, family prayers, Christians began shifting from the materialistic things to the blessings in heaven. They began to concentrate more on that.”
- Almighty God also shifts focus says IMA President Dr. Jayalal
- “I personally feel God must have been distracted with the US and now he is focusing on India, and he is having some grace on us in India [laughing]. So we want to proclaim the message that it is the grace of God, and it is not by our power, not by our might, but by the grace of God along with the good health care delivery system, that we are getting that positive response.”
- Being a president of IMA is an opportunity for Dr Jayalal to show example of Christianity
- “I feel this is a good opportunity to lead the country with an example of Christianity under the principles of servant leadership. Though Christians make up less than 2.5 to 3 percent of the population in this country, as a Christian doctor, I have the privilege to lead this organization. I pray to God Almighty to give me the wisdom, knowledge, and courage to lead this country in the medical profession.”
- In his presidential address for IMA, Dr Jayalal proclaimed of being a devout Christian and Mother Teresa as a role model[5]
- “…I firmly believe what I am today is the Gift of my almighty God Jesus Christ and what I become tomorrow will be my gift to God. With gratitude I salute for giving me this opportunity unanimously. I affirm the statement of Mother Teresa once “You can do what I cannot do, I can do what you cannot do but together we can do great things.” Shall be my modus operandi.”
- However, rather than asking him to retract unscientific and evangelical statements IMA defended it.
Navjot Singh Dahiya, IMA National Vice President
In an interview to Times of India[7] he called PM Modi as ‘super spreader’ of Covid-19.[8]
- Dr Navjot Singh Dahiya has been an active member of Indian National Congress.[9] He was a member of the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP), founded by Manpreet Singh Badal. He contested elections from Shahkot (Jalandhar) constituency. Dahiya holds the post of a spokesperson at the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) since 2017.[10]
His social media profile[11] shows he is an active Congress worker
Santanu Sen, former president of IMA[17] and TMC MP
- Santanu Sen was Rajya Sabha MP from TMC party, when he was appointed the president of IMA for 2018-19[18]
- He alleged that the government was centralizing power by demolishing democratically elected bodies like the Medical Council of India (MCI), thus infringing on their rights as a body but ignored the corruption done by MCI.[19]
- “In order to decentralize power, democratically elected bodies like the Medical Council of India and many others are being demolished. They are centralizing power by nominating people inside the body,” he said.
- His social media posts expose his partisan interests[20]
Dr Jayesh M Lele, Honorary Secretary General, IMA
IMA against “Mixopathy”
- Despite Government clarification on 22 Nov 2020,[22] IMA has been resorting to propaganda against government in the guise of hunger strike opposing “mixopathy”.
[1] https://nationworldnews.com/corona-ending-due-to-jesus-ima-president-jayalal-wants-to-make-hospitals-a-weapon-of-christian-conversion/
[2] https://archive.is/ccydA#selection-861.0-861.206
[3] https://www.firstpost.com/india/gospel-over-scalpel-ima-chief-seems-to-prefer-missionary-position-over-medicine-9484511.html
[4] https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/march-web-only/india-covid-19-pandemic-medical-association.html
[5] https://www.ima-india.org/ima/office-bearers.php?obid=40
[6] https://twitter.com/amitsurg/status/1376925649630195713?s=20
[7] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/prevailing-covid-conditions-prove-modi-has-failed-as-pm-ima-national-vice-president/articleshow/82246172.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIIndiaNews
[9] https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jalandhar/congress-leaders-cry-foul-as-members-skip-crucial-meeting-284102
[10] https://www.news18.com/news/politics/dissent-among-punjab-congress-leaders-over-ticket-distribution-1336189.html
[11] https://www.facebook.com/Navjot-Singh-Dahiya-1628112467499537/?ref=page_internal
[12] https://www.opindia.com/2021/04/ima-vice-president-calls-pm-modi-super-spreader-forget-to-add-his-political-affiliation/
https://www.ima-india.org/ima/free-way-page.php?pid=20
[13] https://twitter.com/drnavjotdahiya
[14] https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/733918233565233152?s=20
[15] https://twitter.com/drnavjotdahiya/status/736942265122336768?s=20
[16] https://twitter.com/INCIndia/status/733847318877736960?s=20
[17] http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/tmc-rs-mp-dr-santanu-sen-becomes-national-president-of-ima-325790
[18] https://www.ima-india.org/ima/free-way-page.php?pid=20
[19] https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/by-promoting-mixopathy-govt-is-putting-lives-of-130-cr-indians-at-stake-former-ima-president20201123003242/
[20] https://twitter.com/SantanuSenMP/status/1395967204399542273?s=20
[21] https://twitter.com/SantanuSenMP/status/1366294197012029444?s=20