MEA Distances Itself From Yoga Day Posters Circulated in Malaysia

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury raised objections to the controversial poster.

NCC students in Jaipur participating in Yoga Day last year. (Photo: IANS)

• The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the BJP’s overseas unit in Kuala Lumpur distanced themselves from a poster for International Yoga Day, which invited Malaysian residents to attend a yoga day function on 19 June, reported The Hindu.
  
  
• Sitaram Yechury “accused the government of allowing BJP affiliates to misuse government-sponsored activities for political benefit”, said the report. In response to the accusation, the MEA has actively distanced itself from the posters, indicating that they will be withdrawn.
  
  
• The MEA maintained the event is being organised exclusively by the High Commission in Kuala Lumpur. Meanwhile, the Malaysia chapter of the BJP-affiliated Overseas Friends said it had no knowledge of how the poster got published.
  

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