Yechury says yoga is 'dog's body movement', Twitter users lash out

[Lord ZeN]

It's not commonplace to see a Communist leader as a top Twitter trend. But on Monday, CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury was strongly criticised by a section of Twitter users for his controversial remarks that yoga postures resembled a dog's movements.

As his comments regarding the International Yoga Day went viral, supporters of the ancient discipline and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's endeavour to celebrate it posted angry tweets directed at Yechury.

According to a PTI report, Yechury had on Sunday said: "All yoga exercises can be noticed in dog's body movement."

Speaking at an event to mark the birth anniversary of Communist ideologue Harkishan Singh Surjeet in Bhubaneswar, Yechury gave the example of a dog and said when the animal gets up, it stretches its front and rear legs and takes a deep breath.

The mass mobilisation by the BJP-led NDA government on Sunday to celebrate Yoga Day is an attempt to promote the Hindutva agenda at the cost of India's secular and democratic fabric, he said.

"Such mass mobilisation for yoga sessions is a tactic similar to that adopted by dictators in the past. Through such exercise, attention is diverted from basic issues confronting people," Yechury said.

While yoga is needed to improve the quality of life, it is important to deal with hunger and starvation first, he said.

Journalist Swapan Dasgupta embedded a news report on the Left leader's remarks and tweeted, "The insights of Comrade Yechuri on Yoga."

Another user, Vismay (@vismayshah), whose profile describes him as a "Foot Soldier for cong mukt Bharat" (sic), tweeted: "Sitaram Yechury will open his umbrella in India, even if it rains in China!"

Many Twitter users took a swipe at the Left's dwindling status in Indian politics.
@PahaadiTweeter wrote, "Q: Why not to take Sitaram Yechury seriously?

Ans: He is leader of the party who has 9 MPs in LS (not even double digit)."

Oldtimer (@auldtimer) wrote, "Sitaram Yechury has put in dog's years in politics. If only he gained matching wisdom too."

User Hemant Kaliwada, tweeting with the handle @kaliwada, wrote, "No wonder with people like Sitaram Yechury at helm the Left has lost its relevance."

Yechury says yoga is 'dog's body movement', Twitter users lash out

 

[Lord ZeN]

Now this shows the level of hatred these commies have for Indian culture.

 

[jamahir]

According to a PTI report, Yechury had on Sunday said: "All yoga exercises can be noticed in dog's body movement."

wowee...

Journalist Swapan Dasgupta embedded a news report on the Left leader's remarks and tweeted, "The insights of Comrade Yechuri on Yoga."

swapan dasgupta is a bjp idiot whose newspaper columns are worth being used as toilet paper.

While yoga is needed to improve the quality of life, it is important to deal with hunger and starvation first, he said.

exactly.

Ans: He is leader of the party who has 9 MPs in LS (not even double digit)."

so bloody what !!!

 

[Lord ZeN]

wowee...

Seriously you should join the Communist Part of India ( Marxist)... You would be the perfect guy to lead these India-haters.

 

[jamahir]

Another user, Vismay (@vismayshah), whose profile describes him as a "Foot Soldier for cong mukt Bharat" (sic), tweeted: "Sitaram Yechury will open his umbrella in India, even if it rains in China!"

and this mba idiot, vismay, will catch a cold if the american president sneezes.

Seriously you should join the Communist Part of India ( Marxist).

good idea.

You would be the perfect guy to lead these India-haters.

there is a difference between wanting to radically change indian society ( idea of the socialists ) and hating sections of indian peoples ( as done by sangh parivaar )... please do see that difference, sir.

 

[Lord ZeN]

it is important to deal with hunger and starvation first, exactly.

Now that's called Retarded commie logic. What if i say something like it is important to deal with hunger and starvation first, so we need to ban everyone from playing, from exercising , from laughing , from reading newspapers etc. until hunger and starvation is completely eliminated from India. Now that's called typical commie logic and they want to use the same logic for solving economic woes of India. It's our good luck that they are a political party in decay.

 

[Diggy]

yawn ..yechury is a dog barking for attention , he knows his party is dead .

 

[ni8mare]

exactly.

i been seeing for few days and your hatred towards hindus .........now being a islamist thats your duty to do but some time it is useful to use your brain if you have any

as far as starvation is concerned 40 people died in tea garden of communist west bengal what your yechury has done for it in last 37 year of communist rule ......

swapan dasgupta is a bjp idiot whose newspaper columns are worth being used as toilet paper.

so any who does not agree with him is a bjp idiot ............then in same way your who is not agreeing with this article is also make you islamist then

 

[Lord ZeN]

there is a difference between wanting to radically change indian society ( idea of the socialists ) and hating sections of indian peoples ( as done by sangh parivaar )... please do see that difference, sir.

Yup there is a between them. While the commies hate everyone who is not a commie , Sangh parivaar hates people who are typical India-haters.

 

[jamahir]

Now that's called Retarded commie logic. What if i say something like it is important to deal with hunger and starvation first, so we need to ban everyone from playing, from exercising , from laughing , from reading newspapers etc . Now that's called typical commie logic.

hunger and homeless-ness can be easily avoided in india if only the indian establishment would not have spent money on unnecessary things like becoming the world's biggest arms importer.

a farmer died on that delhi tree and modi hasn't even spoken of that farmer... modi preaches delusionary yoga instead of real solutions.

i been seeing for few days and your hatred towards hindus

i cried for farmer gajendra singh and he wasn't a muslim... it is you who has hatred, sir, not me... you see me against the label "muslim" and immediately start your biased thoughts.

please review your opinions.

as far as starvation is concerned 40 people died in tea garden of communist west bengal

those 69 tea workers died late last year, during shri shri modi ji's glorious rule nationally and nda ally mamata banerjee's rule in west bengal.

did you forget "the left's historic defeat" in 2011 ??

waah ji waah !!

what your yechury has done for it in last 37 year of communist rule .....

yes, it was failure of the left in bengal not to bring the socialist progress that were part of socialist countries... and this failure must be corrected.

 

[ni8mare]

there is a difference between wanting to radically change indian society ( idea of the socialists ) and hating sections of indian peoples ( as done by sangh parivaar )... please do see that difference, sir.

so in your view the idea of socialist is to keep the tea garden worker starved for days and kill them cold bloody is this change you are talking about ?

 

[jamahir]

so in your view the idea of socialist is to keep the tea garden worker starved for days and kill them cold bloody is this change you are talking about ?

i replied in my previous post.

 

[Lord ZeN]

hunger and homeless-ness can be easily avoided in india if only the indian establishment would not have spent money on unnecessary things like becoming the world's biggest arms importer.

So please tell me what does yoga or it's promotion have to do with hunger and homeless-ness ?

 

[Spring Onion]

So what wrong did he say?

 

[Lord ZeN]

So what wrong did he say?

He said what @Spring Onion auntie & @jamahir bhai would have said at any day.