In yet another salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Shiv Sena on Thursday asked if practising yoga, the ancient form of exercise, can relieve people of the pain of inflation. “A lot can be achieved through yoga. But, in daily life, can yoga help in relieving the pains of high inflation and corruption? It would be good if a clarification is given on this as well,” it said.
It also used the opportunity to make clear its anti-Pakistan stance.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi deserves praise for making 130 countries perform yoga. The world bends if somebody makes it do so. Through yoga, Modi made 130 nations lay on the ground…what is now needed is to make Pakistan lie down forever. This can only happen with the help of weapons.”
“Pakistan deserves a permanent Shavaasan [a yoga position that involves lying down like a corpse],” the Sena said in an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana .
The Sena has been critical of the BJP and the Modi government following a strain in their ties, since their alliance in Maharashtra collapsed ahead of the October 2014 Assembly polls due to problems over seat-sharing.
