NEW DELHI – A number of workout videos started appearing on India’s Twittersphere after a minister launched an inspirational campaign aims at making people healthy.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, who is also an Olympic medalist, started the campaign on Tuesday by posting his own video. He tagged cricketer Virat Kohli, actor Hrithik Roshan and badminton champion Saina Nehwal for the challenge.
https://twitter.com/Ra_THORe/status/998800601243881472
In response, India’s cricket captain Virat Kohli posted a video of himself doing spider planks and challenged his wife Anushka Sharma and PM Narendra Modi and to share their fitness videos.
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/999297347032055808
As the cricketer extended the challenge, the prime minister took to Twitter and announced to accept it and promised to share his own workout video soon.
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/999483037669879808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findia-news%2Fpm-narendra-modi-accepts-virat-kohli-fitness-challenge-started-by-rajyavardhan-rathore-1856687&tfw_site=ndtv
The campaigner also earned praises for his initiative on Twitter. Tennis champion Sania Mirza tweeted, “When was the last time we saw a Minister do this??? Coolest leading by example .. congratulations on this #FitnessChallenge Sir.. here’s to a brighter and healthier India ..”
When was the last time we saw a Minister do this??? Coolest ? leading by example .. congratulations on this #FitnessChallenge Sir.. here’s to a brighter and healthier India .. https://t.co/lSRCQqsYbb
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) May 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/Suryakd1974/status/999134954809364480
https://twitter.com/monakaran/status/998826927149346817
PM Modi launched the Fit India movement in March. He even talked about the movement in his Mann Ki Baat radio talk in April and released a 3D-animated video of himself depicting the ‘Trikonasana’ posture.
