Modi has also of course taken the lead to spread awareness on Twitter and Facebook. Union Minister for Environment Prakash Javadekar seems to have taken a leaf from the prime minister's book by doing his bit. So Friday began with a video and photographs of the minister shown to be doing Yoga at his residence on Thursday morning, released by media agency ANI. As the law of unintended consequences took over, it soon went viral on social media, perhaps not quite for reasons the minister may have wished.
Here are some of the first reactions on Twitter.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar practices Yoga at his residence. pic.twitter.com/VG6bhUaBgx
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 12, 2015
Javedakar and Yoga. This photo wants a caption. Haha. Shouting out to all you meme makers ;) pic.twitter.com/3PoQ4SsK8y
— Tavleen Singh Aroor (@Tavysingh) June 12, 2015
Why is no one questioning the lack of a real proper yoga mat instead of that bedsheet? Real journalism is dead! https://t.co/5tMC9hCQdm
— Vijayeta (@SacredInsanity) June 12, 2015
Prakash Javadekar's yoga mattress does a U-turn. pic.twitter.com/NblbeagQV0
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) June 12, 2015
When I get up in the morning and realise that I have to go to work pic.twitter.com/rjSjchvNzl
— dorku (@Dorkstar) June 12, 2015
Pik 1: @NorinderMudi abraod. Pik 2: Mudi en Indea. pic.twitter.com/VQOaSEzIiE
— Momuta Bonerjy (@MomutaBonerjy) June 12, 2015
These are real yoga poses? Did Prakash Javadekar learn these from his teenage daughter? Investigation reqd pic.twitter.com/V3DR9FGS4L
— S Kesavan (@strawkes) June 12, 2015
Pic 1: When you wait for bae. Pic 2: When bae does not show up. pic.twitter.com/NandBQIoRq
— AnonyMouse Ratty (@YearOfRat) June 12, 2015
You won't believe what happened next. RT @ANI_news Union Minister Prakash Javadekar practices Yoga at his residence. pic.twitter.com/CU4XkLIeLk
— അന്തസ്സുള്ളവൻ (@nikhilnarayanan) June 12, 2015
1) Wen Jak paintz u lyk 1 of hiz French girls 2) Wen TTNik sinks n Jak deiz pic.twitter.com/5uUrP1XA9B
— Rohan (@mojorojo) June 12, 2015
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