B’luru ‘Yogathon’ draws 6.5 lakh participants: Karnataka sets Guinness record, says minister
Bengaluru: With more than six lakh people participating in the ‘Yogathon’ organized at the Kanteerava stadium in the city on Sunday morning, Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister Dr Narayana Gowda has expressed delight at Karnataka having set a Guinness World Record.
“We have, thereby, surpassed the record of 1.6 lakh yoga participants set by Rajasthan,” said the minister, adding, “We had planned for five lakh yoga enthusiasts to participate in the event, but 6.5 lakh people came for the 'Yogathon'.”
Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot and Dr Gowda were among the participants in the ‘Yogathon’ organized by the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports.
Dr Gowda thanked the people of the state for the excellent response to the program. “I am grateful to all the students, members of various organizations, volunteers, government staff members and officers and other yoga enthusiasts who ensured the success of the ‘Yogathon’,” the minister said.
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
