Patna: Dubbing BJP leaders as ‘masters of event management’, Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is indulging in unwarranted politics in the name of yoga.
While commenting on the International Yoga Day celebrations across the world, JD(U) leader Sanjay Singh accused the BJP-led NDA of wasting money from the public exchequer on the occasion.
“The world has been celebrating yoga from a long time, but the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are branding it. They (BJP) are masters of event management. Crores of money is being spent on this,” Singh was quoted by news agency ANI.
“The people took the initiative of cleanliness after the launch of ‘Swachhta Abhiyan’, but it stopped after some time. Likewise, money is being wasted on this occasion,” he said.
“The BJP has made it a den of politics… our Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has strictly said that he would participate in the International Yoga Day celebrations if the Prime Minister implements complete ban on alcohol in the nation. Definitely, politics is being played in the name of yoga and it will not continue for long,” he added.
Earlier on Sunday, Nitish Kumar took a jibe at PM and said that “yoga is irrelevant unless ban on liquor is also imposed.”
“Yoga is a natural treatment process but it would be irrelevant unless a ban is imposed on sale of liquor across the country.”
“Yoga’s fist principle is to abstain from consumption of liquor, so if you (government) are so serious about yoga, then Prime Minister Modi should ban liquor at least in all the BJP ruled states,” he said while addressing a rally in Jharkhand’s Palamu.
No minister of Nitish’s cabinet turned up the Yoga Day event organised today in Patna. Chairs with name slips of Bihar’s ministers were empty during the event organised by Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogapeeth.
No official programme was organised by the Nitish Kumar government but Modi’s ministers Ravishankar Prasad, Giriraj Singh and Ramkripal Yadav led thousands of people in observing the fitness regime in separate programmes in the state.
