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 authority for the channel.
BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday 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. But in a late night development, VP's office has issued a statement clarifying reason of his absence. According to them, Hamid Ansari was not invited to the event.
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 authority for the channel.
In 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 (sic)," he said in another tweet. As the topic trended, he subsequently deleted both the tweets.
But now the entire matter has taken a different twist with VP's office formally issuing a statement. This matter infact may soon snowball into a major controversy. It may be recalled that there was a controversy during Replublic Day about Hamid Ansari not saluting the national flag. VP's ofice issued a statement saying Ansari acted according to the protocol.
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