Youth Congress to perform 'Son Salutations' en masse

Rahul gives a thumbs-down to the 'communal' International Yoga Day

[PTI/Saand Samachar, New Delhi: June 12] The Congress party is preparing to celebrate ‘Secular Yoga Day’ on June 21st.

The announcement was made late on Thursday night at a hastily convened press conference at 24, Akbar Road, the party headquarters in the capital.

Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma charged the Modi-led NDA government with ‘communalizing’ yoga, which he described as an ancient art that benefits all the secular organs of the human body. “Our beloved leaders Rahulji and Soniaji have pledged that we must protect the secular nature of yoga. Hence, on June 21st, Congress cadres across the world shall perform Secular Yoga for 37 minutes under the guidance of our beloved leader Rahulji, whose images will be beamed live via satellite to 124 countries.” His voice shook with emotion. “The Congress stands for Secularism; therefore our cadres will head-stand in Secular Yoga. We shall counter the communal Sun Salutations of the BJP with our secular Son Salutations...”

At this juncture, a reporter asked whether Congress members would avoid sitting in the ‘lotus’ position, whereupon the press conference was abruptly terminated.

[Al Nakhli adds:] In a rare show of communal unity, VHP leader Praveen Togadia and Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani issued a joint call for an all-India bandh on June 21st as a mark of protest against what they described as the ‘betrayal’ of India’s national interest by the Modi-led NDA government. “By agreeing to the UN resolution on yoga, the BJP-led government has internationalized the issue,” their statement reads. “This flies in the face of India’s stand, since Independence, that we will not allow third party meditation in our infernal affairs...”

Jai Hind.