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BJP leader Sushil Modi today castigated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his snide remarks against Amit Shah and Baba Ramdev vis-a-vis promotion of International Yoga Day on June 21.
He also slammed Kumar for not organising an official function to promote the exercise in Bihar.
"Kumar has needlessly attacked BJP president Amit Shah and yoga guru Baba Ramdev for promoting the International Yoga Day scheduled for June 21... being himself a yoga supporter and practitioner, he should have organised official functions to promote the ancient exercise form," Sushil told reporters here.
The former deputy chief minister complimented yoga guru Ramdev for yeoman service to promote the ancient exercise form as a fitness activity in the country and across the world.
Kumar had yesterday taken a dig at Ramdev for maximising his skills as a yoga expert to brand himself as a business and marketing guru.
Defending Ramdev's business activities, Sushil said the yoga guru was a self-made man for which he deserved kudos and not brickbats.
Countering Kumar's charges that the Centre has ignored Bihar by not scheduling an official function in Bihar on the International Yoga Day, Sushil said the exercise regime was not a fiefdom of one party or one government and anybody interested in it or understanding its health benefits could organise a function.
The Chief Minister should have organised a camp to coincide with the International Yoga Day for policemen and prisoners in view of their stressful life, the BJP leader said.
