“Yoga is a natural treatment process but liquor addicts cannot perform it. Yoga would be irrelevant unless a ban is imposed on sale of liquor across the country,” he said at meeting here in Palamau district.
Apparently hitting out at Modi, who had actively participated in the International Yoga Day event last year, Kumar said, “I have been doing Yoga since childhood but have never publicised it.” He also accused BJP of turning the International Yoga Day event a “party affair”.
“Ban on sale of liquor in Gujarat prevailed since Independence and Modi had no role in it. Hence, he should not try to take credit for it,” Kumar said. “In a democratic system like ours, welfare of the society should be the priority over trade and business,” he said, adding his government has decided to forfeit Rs 5,000 crore revenue being generated by sale of liquor.