'New India': Rahul Gandhi's tweet on Yoga Day slammed by Twitterati
Rahul Gandhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi was trolled today for a tweet mocking the International Yoga Day. Gandhi shared a collage of photos showing Indian Army's dog unit performing different yoga poses with their trainers.
The caption of the tweet said "New India".
Twitterati slammed Gandhi for the tweet.
From the United Nations to the Indian Parliament premises and from Beijing to Ranchi, thousands of people stretched and twisted, breathed in and breathed out, reached for the skies and bent to touch their toes as India and the world marked the fifth International Day of Yoga on Friday.
The ancient wellness regime was the theme and its enthusiasts on the mat - literally - performing poses simple and complex amid chants of "Om" and "Shanti" in several global capitals and across towns and villages in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the observance of the day.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted June 21 as International Yoga Day in 2014 on a proposal mooted by Modi.
While Modi led the celebrations in Ranchi, the capital of eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, his ministers spread out across the country with Home Minister Amit Shah participating in a function in Rohtak, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in the national capital, where many hundreds did yoga in the rolling greens of Rajpath, and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur.
The world joined in in marking the day.
In a first of its kind yoga celebration, the iconic General Assembly hall of the United Nations reverberated with chants of 'Om' and 'Shanti' as UN officials and diplomats joined hundreds of others to commemorate the day.