Yoga Day organised to promote Hindutva agenda: Sitaram Yechuri

June 22, 2015 12:56

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri being given the short shrift on Twitter for his statement yesterday that the mass mobilisation on International Yoga Day by the BJP-led NDA government is an attempt to promote Hindutva agenda at the cost of India's secular democratic fabric.

Yechuri said holding yoga sessions on such a large scale was an attempt to propel Hindutva agenda in a country known for its diversity.

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