Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 21 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya on Saturday applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his dedicated efforts in making yoga popular globally and stated that the wisdom and appeal of yoga were "universal" and "timeless".
He further stated that Yoga was not just India's soft power but also a living bridge between the ancient, modern and the rest of the world with India.
"The wisdom and appeal of yoga are both universal and timeless. I'm just returning from a multicountry delegation, the diplomatic outreach of Operation Sindoor and in all of these countries that we met, there was great enthusiasm and following for India's Yoga, Pranayama, and spiritual traditions. This is not just India's soft power, but it is also a living bridge between the ancient and the modern, between India and the rest of the world. Thanks to our Prime Minister's dedicated efforts, more than 180 countries are today observing International Yoga Day..." Surya told ANI.
He further added that more than two thousand practitioners joined the celebrations of the International Yoga Day held in Bengaluru.
"Today, we had the opportunity to celebrate International Yoga Day here in Bengaluru South with more than 2 thousand practitioners of yoga. Many Consulate Generals from many countries who have their consulates in Bengaluru participated with us. Yoga is India's gift to the world," he further stated.
Lashing out at the opposition, the BJP MP questioned them if they had become puppets of the foreign agents.
"The questions that we must ask are not for the government but to the Congress Party, on where your loyalties lie?... Have they become puppets of foreign agents? Should we not place faith and trust in our institutions? This is the question we must be asking the Congress Party," Surya further stated.
He also stated that the Government of India had made it clear that the strikes launched on Pakistan were to send a message that no form of terror would be tolerated.
"Not once but on multiple occasions, the Government of India has made our position, the Prime Minister himself has made our position clear even in a telephonic conversation to the President of the United States. The factual matrix of Operations Sindoor, India's resolve to fight terror and India's commitment to solving our issues internally or at most bilaterally without the interference or intervention of any third party. We have also made it abundantly clear that the ceasefire was requested directly by the military officers of Pakistan talking to India's military officers, and because India did not want to escalate violence or war in any manner, India agreed to a ceasefire because we gave the message to Pakistan that terror in any form will not be tolerated..." he further stated.