The government is believed to be upset with BJP leader Ram Madhav for questioning Vice President Hamid Ansari's absence at Rajpath on International Yoga Day on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed asanas along with nearly 36,000 people setting two Guinness World Records.


Senior leaders in the government believe that Madhav stirred up a needless controversy by his tweets by questioning Dr Ansari's absence when he wasn't invited for the Rajpath mega show.


Late on Sunday night, Vice President Hamid Ansaris office clarified that he was NOT invited to the yoga day event in the capital after his absence was questioned by Madhav.


In a tweet, which has been deleted since the controversy erupted, Madhav said, "Two questions. Did RS TV that runs on tax payers money completely black out Yoga Day event? While President participated the VP gave a miss (sic).


As Twitter raged over the tweets, Madhav deleted them, later saying he had learnt that the VP was unwell.

However, the vice presidents office said that was not correct. Vice President was not sick. He was never invited for the yoga programme, it said, adding, the vice president only attends those programmes in which the minister concerned invites him as per protocol.


Pic: The tweet which has since been deleted. Click on the picture for a larger image.