Simply not true, all he said was "Bitcoin & Crypto are not legal tenders in India, and any use of Crypto to finance illegal Activities will be punishable".
These stupid news channels, news sites, people, as ignorant as they are, twist words to spread fud, don't fall into this trap and panic, the stance on Bitcoin and Crypto is same as before.
Neither illegal nor legal.
Yes you are right, people has gone crazy after hearing this, but dont understand that it was never legal earlier as well. He just repeated his statements again in regards to BTC & Alt coin trading. News channels and media only increasing FUD. and killing market.