New Delhi: The office of Vice President Hamid Ansari had reportedly said on Sunday that Vice President Hamid Ansari was not invited to the Yoga Day event in New Delhi.
Notify that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Ram Madhav had stoked a controversy by questioning Ansari’s absence at the Yoga day event but later apologised after he was criticised on the social media platform.
BJP general secretary Madhav is a prominent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader. He had also accused Rajya Sabha TV, the public service broadcaster run by Parliament’s Upper House, of blacking out the Yoga Day event “completely” despite being run on taxpayers money. As Rajya Sabha chairman, Ansari is the controlling authority for the channel.
On micro-blogging site Twitter, Madhav said, “Two questions. Did RS TV dat runs on tax payers money completely black out Yoga Day event? While President participated d VP gave a miss (sic).”
The BJP leader’s allegation against Rajya Sabha TV was immediately countered by others, who tweeted screen shots of the channel’s coverage of the yoga events.
In another tweet, Madhav had apologize for his tweet.
He said, “I am informed dat d VP was unwell. I withdrew my tweet. My apologies because d institution of VP deserves respect (sic).”
Bureau Report
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