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Ramdev test result: Khattar ‘pass’, Vij ‘fail’

CHANDIGARH: On Monday, Panchkula''s cricket stadium was yoga guru Ramdev''s turf, where Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, his Cabinet colleagues and bureaucrats fell in line to be tested and tried as to how much they could stretch and bend.

Ramdev test result: Khattar ‘pass’, Vij ‘fail’

CM Manohar Lal Khattar (right) takes tips of yoga from Swami Ramdev in Panchkula on Monday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan



Tribune News Service
 
Chandigarh, June 15
On Monday, Panchkula's cricket stadium was yoga guru Ramdev's turf, where Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, his Cabinet colleagues and bureaucrats fell in line to be tested and tried as to how much they could stretch and bend.
 
Commanding the VIP army from a raised platform, Ramdev rated the crowd of "stiff" bodies. Yet some did well and some were plain laggards.
 
Though Khattar and Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar scored average marks, Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma and Health Minister Anil Vij failed to impress the yoga guru. "The Health Minister needs to shed a few kilos and the Education Minister has accumulated weight in wrong places," said Ramdev. 

Though the comment was taken with a pinch of salt by the ministers, it provided a comic relief to others.

Khattar had to undertake difficult-to-perform "asanas" such as "kapalbhati, anulom vilom, sukhasan, bhramari, udgeeth, ardha chakrasana and savasana" under the discerning eye of Ramdev when he was called on the stage. Any wrong twist or turn of the CM and his Cabinet colleagues while striking the yogic postures did not go unnoticed by the yoga guru and his vigilant disciples, who were quick to point out wrong movements.

Though the prospective "yogis" struggled with their postures, Ramdev's tongue-in-cheek remarks knew no end. "The Haryana Government is being run by "chharaas" (bachelors)," he said indirectly referring to the marital status of Khattar and Vij.

The yogic session began around 5.30am and lasted for two hours. The two-day "Yog Prashikshan Shivir" is being organised in run-up to International Yoga Day celebrations to be held on June 21. Ramdev has been named the state's brand ambassador for yoga and ayurveda by the Khattar government.

Meanwhile, the session proved to be a "saffron" show with legislators of the Opposition INLD and the Congress conspicuous by their absence. Vij claimed that Leader of Opposition of Haryana Vidhan Sabha Abhay Chautala, former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress Legislature Party Leader Kiran Choudhry had given their consent to attend the session.

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