New Delhi: The PM did it; his entire cabinet did it; why, people around the world did it – they all did yoga on International Yoga Day and many tweeted about it later.
Here’s former chief minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje looking rather serene at a Yoga Day function. Love the enthusiasm, ma’am.
“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.”
The Bhagavad Gita.
Greetings on #InternationalYogaDay. योग भारतीय संस्कृति की प्राचीन विधा है। आइए, हम सभी योग को अपनी दिनचर्या में शामिल कर 'स्वस्थ भारत' के संकल्प को साकार करने का प्रण लें।#YogaDay2019 pic.twitter.com/gwObStjuws
— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) June 21, 2019
Her energy was matched by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar — he caught a lot of foreign representatives on the mat.
56 countries. 7 organisations. 250 diplomats on yoga mats @MEAIndia
As PM @narendramodi said: “Yoga for all and all for yoga”#InternationalDayOfYoga #योगदिवस #अंतर्राष्ट्रीययोगदिवस #YogaDay2019 pic.twitter.com/Mkv27Ueed9
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) June 21, 2019
Former AAP member Ashutosh also struck a pose for today. We think he’s trying to point out that he’s been doing Yoga long before the BJP took up the practice.
Doing yoga for more than two decades !!! pic.twitter.com/SVPJ16GiNJ
— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) June 21, 2019
Congress communications in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala questioned the “split” in the TDP and the “new normal” in Modi 2.0. And then he issued a challenge to the media — any takers?
Modi 2.0-Defections are New Normal
TDP Party in Lok Sabha hasn’t split.
TDP Legislature Party hasn’t split.
TDP Political Party hasn’t split.
Then,
How can TDP in Rajya Sabha split?Constitution Xth Schedule is dead!
Will journalists dare to debate/question? pic.twitter.com/yhVG6mTpLs
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) June 21, 2019
See Congress MP Shashi Tharoor set aside his political differences, at the Prime Minister’s dinner for MPs, for his love of sport.
At the Prime Minister’s dinner for MPs, delighted to sit between two outstanding sportspersons who are now Members of Parliament, MC MaryKom @MangteC & @GautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/lkWcsMWCg4
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 20, 2019
BJP MP from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol was also present at the dinner, trying to look more the part of an MP than that of a Bollywood actor.
At the dinner hosted by https://t.co/EI7iIo04KV @narendramodi ji for members of both houses. pic.twitter.com/4bgKFZ50xe
— Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) June 20, 2019
The BJP Karnataka handle is back with its weekly attack on chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. This time it’s all about the money. Maybe the CM ought to stop giving them so much of ammunition?
The amount of money spent on @hd_kumaraswamy village trip that includes his luxury food, stay, travel, cultural programs & advertisements could have been spent for the development of that village.
Huge amount of Tax payers money is spent on image make over of Kumaraswamy.
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) June 21, 2019
Democrat and US presidential hopeful Elisabeth Warren was severe on US President Donald Trump for instigating an unnecessary conflict with Iran. And so say all of us, ma’am.
Donald Trump promised to bring our troops home. Instead he has pulled out of a deal that was working and instigated another unnecessary conflict. There is no justification for further escalating this crisis—we need to step back from the brink of war. https://t.co/roUHtzRlE8
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 21, 2019
The Prime Minister took out time from his International Yoga Day preparations, to wish India’s opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan a speedy recovery from his fracture. India’s chances of winning the cup are mercifully, still intact.
Dear @SDhawan25, no doubt the pitch will miss you but I hope you recover at the earliest so that you can once again be back on the field and contribute to more wins for the nation. https://t.co/SNFccgeXAo
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 20, 2019
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Law and Justice, stood up for the triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha Friday. He spoke about the need to protect women. Surely, you seek to protect all women, minister?
229 cases of instant triple Talaq were reported after the Supreme Court judgement. Therefore a law is needed to protect the rights of women. pic.twitter.com/29xaWauGlh
— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) June 21, 2019
With inputs from Rachel John