Famous yoga teacher and practitioner Rafia Naaz along with her supporters joined BJP in presence of State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash at party office. The BJP president welcomed Rafia Naaz by presenting her party strap and garlanding her.
On the occasion, Deepak Prakash said that Rafia Naaz has made India's cultural heritage Yoga unfurled by her talent in the country and abroad.
He said that Naaz has brought laurels to Jharkhand and has been honored with various awards. Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has also honored Rafia at different forums. He said that instead of considering yoga as religion based, it connects the country on the basis of its cultural heritage.
He said that Rafia Naaz is a promising yoga teacher. He has raised the prestige of the state in the country and abroad through yoga. He has resolved to do social service. He said that Rafia Naaz has also made a mark in the society as a social worker.
On the occasion, Naaz said that she joined the BJP party after being influenced by the policies of BJP and the work of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She further said that as yoga teacher she has been influenced by BJP's policies, ideology and works of the Prime Minister.
She further said that the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi worked for the rights of Muslim women by giving a historic decision on triple talaq, it is commendable. Naaz said that Modi has given recognition to Yoga on the world stage.
She said that by organizing yoga camps, every district, block and remote rural areas of the state would organize yoga camps and spread the word of yoga. On this occasion, Minority Morcha State President Anwar Hayat, Media co-in-charge Yogendra Pratap Singh, Sanjay Jaiswal, Tariq Imran, Javed Alam, Md Shahid, Parvez Alam, Md Sunny, Md Shakeel, Md Guddu, Md Shahbaz, Md Kallu, Md Shamshad among others were present. Rafia Naaz, came into news few years back after she became the target of radical members of her own community on multiple occasions for merely following her passion practicing Yoga. Rafia, who is the eldest among her siblings and teaches yoga for a living and considers yoga to be beyond religion has been targeted for daring to teach Yoga despite being a Muslim.
Meanwhile, BJP State President and MP Deepak Prakash, has condemned the state government poor policy decisions over the announcement of the petrol pump operators to go on strike.