BJP general secretary Ram Madhav today stoked a controversy by questioning Vice President Hamid Ansari’s absence at the Yoga Day event in the capital but later apologised after he was criticised on the social media platform.
Madhav, a prominent RSS leader, also accused Rajya Sabha TV, the public service broadcaster run by Parliament’s Upper House, of blacking out the Yoga Day event “completely” despite being run on taxpayers money. As Rajya Sabha Chairman, Ansari is the controlling RS tv.
n his first tweet, Madhav said, “Two questions. Did RS TV dat runs on tax payers money completely black out Yoga Day event? While President participated d VP gave a miss (sic).”
The BJP leader’s allegation against RS TV was immediately countered by others, who tweeted screen shots of the channel’s coverage of the yoga events.
Madhav later apologised in another. “I am informed dat d VP was unwell. I withdrew my tweet. My apologies because d institution of VP deserves respect (s ..