The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) may be making a enthusiastic pitch before the people to do yoga but its own UP chief, Laxmikant Bajpai, did not do the samething ever since he assumed the charge more than 3 years ago.
Sixty four years old Bajpai says “I did not get time to do yoga,” he said candidly. “Earlier I followed a strict schedule. But now I wakesup at 4 am in the morning. Therefore, I do not get the time to perform yoga or any kind of exercise,” he said.
Bajpai did not do the yoga for three consecutive years, even on June 21 last year when the world observed an International Yoga Day.
This year, however, might be a different case. After all, the BJP national leadership led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stepped in to the act.
“Modi ji follows a strict Yoga schedule which is very difficult for us. But I would now try to imitate him,” Bajpai said. “I would even ask the other BJP workers and supporters to follow him,” Bajpai said.
“Ab thoda bahut haath pair hila liya karenge roz… chahe hum hotel mein rahein ya kisi meeting mein,” said Bajpai, a four time legislator from Meerut. He said that there are still many leaders in the party who do Yoga despite their busy schedule. “I am learning from them too,” he said.