'Those opposed to yoga can go to Pakistan,' says VHP's Sadhvi Prachi

June 23, 2015 16:47

Stoking another controversy today, Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi said that those who oppose the pratice of yoga can go to Pakistan.

Her statement echoes BJP parliamentarian Yogi Adityanath's who had recently waded into controversy by saying that those opposing yoga and surya namaskar should either leave India or drown themselves in the ocean.

Speaking about the importance and history of yoga, Adityanath said those opposing the spiritual and physical discipline and surya namaskar -- a set of 12 yoga 'asanas' (postures) that is a salutation to the sun -- should "leave Hindustan".

No stranger to controversy herself, Sadhvi Prachi has in the past asked hindu women to sire four children and has spoken out against what the VHP has deemed 'love jihad'.

Prachi has also spoken in favour of the controversial 'Ghar Wapsis'.

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