As the whole world was celebrating the 7th International Yoga Day, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has posted a controversial tweet where he said, “Neither Yoga will become more powerful by chanting Om, nor will the power of Yoga be reduced by saying, Allah,”.
ॐ के उच्चारण से ना तो योग ज्यादा शक्तिशाली हो जाएगा और ना अल्लाह कहने से योग की शक्ति कम होगी | #YogaDay2021 #InternationalDayOfYoga
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) June 21, 2021
The chanting of the word OM is a significant part while performing Yoga. Soon after Singhvi’s tweet, yoga guru Baba Ramdev responded to the Congress leader and said that chanting Om doesn’t reflect any religion, and said, “God, Allah, Ishwar, Parmatma all are one. In such a situation, nobody should have a problem chanting Om as it doesn’t reflect any religion and we are not forbidding anyone from believing in God. Om is not a person or an idol.”
Swedish school dropout ‘climate activist’ Greta Thunberg who had accidentally made public a toolkit that revealed a sinister plan to run a global propaganda against India had mentioned that the image of India as the home for Yoga and Chai has to be broken.
“Disrupt Yoga and Chai Image of India in General”, the toolkit read meaning that the she wanted people want to disrupt India’s soft power elements of yoga and tea.
On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the practice of Yoga and how it has been a key strength after the country was hit by Covid-19. PM Modi began his address to the nation by wishing wellness and good health for “every country, every society, and every individual”.
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