PM Narendra Modi cannot do Yoga: Rahul Gandhi
Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot do Yoga, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said, "I notice things. The PM has done a lot of Yoga but he hasn't done Padmasan." "My Yoga guru had said that a person who does Yoga can do Padmasan. But a person who does not do Yoga, cannot do Padmasan," he added.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's professed love for yoga and raised doubts over the latter's ability to do the ancient form of exercise.Delivering the inaugural speech at Congress' Jan Vedna Sammelan here, Rahul said Modi does not do "padmasan", a form of yoga.He said, "Mai baatein notice karta hoon. Bahut yoga kia (PM ney) lekin padmasan nahi kia (I notice things. The PM has done a lot of yoga but he hasn't done padmasan)."Rahul went on to raise a question mark over PM Modi's ability to do yoga.He said, "Mere yoga guru ne kaha tha jo yoga karta hai woh padmasan kar sakta hai aur jo yoga nahi karta woh padmasan nahi kar sakta (My yoga guru had said that a person who does yoga can do padmasan. But a person who does not do yoga cannot do padmasan)."Also read: Rahul Gandhi missing in action ahead of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab elections. Does he not care? Also read: Rahul had 5 questions for PM on demonetisation, BJP replies with their own 5 PM Modi holds Yoga event every year on June 21, a day which has also been declared as International Yoga Day by the United Nations. Former Union minister Sachin Pilot too took a dig at PM Modi's yoga by relating it to the Centre's demonetisation drive.Also read: Rahul Gandhi eyes 2019, says achche din that Modi promised will come once Congress voted to power  Pilot said, "Pradhanmantri ko padmasan karne ki zarurat nahi hai. Unhoney purey Hindustan ka shirshasan kara rakha hai (The PM does not need to do padmasan. He has made the whole of country to do shirshasan)."The other senior Congress leaders in the meet too criticised PM Modi's demonetisation initiative without mentioning yoga though.