BJP Meddling With Your Morning Menu: Beef, Eggs, Now Exercise?

Yogi Adityanath wants those who oppose Suryanamaskar to ‘drown in the ocean’ or ‘live in a dark room’.

After the beef ban in a few BJP ruled states (with hints of others following soon!) and Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s egg ban in the mid day meals in MP, it’s Yogi Adityanath’s do Suryanamaskar or drown gaffe that is inviting ire.

Controversy’s favorite child self anointed ‘Love Jihadi’, BJP Member of Parliament, Yogi Adityanath has woken up from the ‘Ghar Wapsi’ side of the bed. He is in one of his ‘lets send Azam Khan to Pakistan’ moods again. His latest gaffe:

Those who oppose Suryanamaskar should drown
- Yogi Adityanath, BJP MP

Reports suggest that the government has decided to drop Suryanamaskar from International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21. Angry Adityanath thus wants those who don’t follow suryanamaskar to ‘live in a dark room’.

But obviously, Twitterati is having a field day.

First they came for my beef Then they came for my eggs Then they came for my morning exercise Then they came for my... you get the picture.

— Pierre Fitter (@pierrefitter) June 9, 2015

Friendly reminder: Yogi Adityanath is not the "fringe". He is an MP with a title inspired by a famous bear who steals picnic baskets.

— Asmita Bakshi (@asmitabee) June 9, 2015

No egg. No beef. Strict vegetarian. And i do yoga w/ surya namaskar. Where do i reapply for my Indian citizenship under ths loony sarkar? 😝

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) June 9, 2015

BJP wants to impose sun worship. Congress wants to impose son worship. Hopeless.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) June 9, 2015

*Yawn* *Stretch* *Brush teeth* *Splash water on face* *Look in mirror* 'Hmm, how to get some attention today?' #YogiAdityanathMornings

— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) June 9, 2015

Yoga is an ancient and admirable Hindu tradition. So is Maun Vrat

— Ashok Malik (@MalikAshok) June 9, 2015

Guys, he didnt ask people to leave India. (He asked people to drown and die which is technically different)

— Tanmay Bhat (@thetanmay) June 9, 2015

Correction: Those who do not do the Surya Namaskar are welcome to remain in India. At the bottom of the ocean. https://t.co/4fFxpzCU1t

— prempanicker (@prempanicker) June 9, 2015

Well look at it this way, if we all need to do Surya Namaskar regularly we will be a nation of super fit people with hot figures.

— Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) June 9, 2015

While all and sundry are courting controversy over Yoga Day, how can the Yogi stay far away?