‘Animal Cruelty’: Netizens criticise BSF Jawans for performing Yoga on camel’s back

Team Udayavani, Jun 23, 2021, 2:24 PM IST

On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Border Security Force (BSF) Jawans performed yoga asanas while sitting on the back of camels.

The images of the incident, that went viral on social media shows camels laying on the floor while BSF personnel peform yoga on their back.

Taking to Twitter, Om Thanvi, Founding V-C, HJ Uni. of Journalism & Mass Comm in Jaipur and Ex-Editor: Jansatta, wrote, “Ruthless Yoga! Doing yoga on the back of a camel by tying the feet and lating it on floor like a carpet is not Yoga, it is cruelty.”

निर्दय योग! ऊँट के पाँव बांधकर, क़ालीन के माफ़िक़ ज़मीन पर बिछाकर उसकी पीठ पर योगासन करना योग नहीं है, क्रूरता भरा अत्याचार है। साधना और आत्मानुशासन वाले योग को सरकारी आदेशों से सड़क-मैदान की कसरत-पीटी में बदल देना इस दौर की एक और नायाब देन समझिए। फ़ोटो सौजन्य @manaman_chhina pic.twitter.com/eyBhGxCgVY

— Om Thanvi | ओम थानवी (@omthanvi) June 21, 2021

Snehesh Alex Philip, Senior Associate Editor at The Print, wrote, “Yoga is a good thing, should be done everyday. But below picture of @BSF_India personnel is just not done. Don’t overdo things for the sake of pictures. Making the camel lie down and posing for camera like this is just not done. Don’t reduce Yoga Day to this.”

Yoga is a good thing, should be done everyday. But below picture of @BSF_India personnel is just not done. Don’t overdo things for the sake of pictures. Making the camel lie down and posing for camera like this is just not done. Don’t reduce Yoga Day to this. pic.twitter.com/y2MUkcsL77

— Snehesh Alex Philip (@sneheshphilip) June 21, 2021