During an appearance on 'Aap ki Adalat', Mamta Kulkarni responded to Baba Ramdev's questioning her becoming the Mahamandleshwar of Kinnar Akhada at the Maha Kumbh by saying, "He should fear Mahakal and Mahakali." On being questioned about Bageshwar Dham head Dhirendra Shastri's criticising her, she replied, "I have meditated for as long as he has been alive-25 years."