New Delhi: The fitness challenge started by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has been a roaring success. Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to the challenge forwarded by Virat Kohli today by tweeting, “Challenge accepted, Virat! I will be sharing my own #FitnessChallenge video soon.”
However, as PM Modi accepted the fitness challenge forwarded by Virat Kohli on Twitter on May 23, the opposition leaders posed their version of political and social challenges for him.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav tweaked the challenge to include hurdles of creating jobs, farmers’ distress, violence against Dalits and minorities, he believes to be the failures of Modi government. The 28-year-old political successor of Lalu Prasad Yadav is known for his sharp criticisms and clever retorts on BJP in his twitter messages.
While we have nothing against accepting fitness challenge from @imVkohli . I urge you to accept the challenge to provide jobs to young, relief to farmers, promise of no violence against dalits & minorities. Would you accept my challenge @narendramodi Sir?
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) May 24, 2018
Congress followed suite, with Rahul Gandhi and Randeep Surjewala posing their own challenges to the Prime Minister. And the list of challenges ballooned to include fuel prices, corruption control and national security.
Dear PM,
Glad to see you accept the @imVkohli fitness challenge. Here’s one from me:
Reduce Fuel prices or the Congress will do a nationwide agitation and force you to do so.
I look forward to your response.#FuelChallenge
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 24, 2018
Dear PM,
Pl accept the #FitnessChallenge to-
1. Restore the economic fitness of common man by reducing the ruaway prices of Petrol/Diesel as you fleeced ?10 Lakh Cr in 4 years by raising exise 11 times.
2. Restore the Job Fitness of young by giving 2 Cr jobs as promised.
1/2— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) May 24, 2018
2/3
Dear PM,Pl accept the #FitnessChallenge to-
3. Grant MSP Fitness of Cost+50% Profit to India’s farmers as you promised.
4. Anti Corruption fitness by bringing back ?80 Lakh Cr of Black Money from abroad as you promised & punishing the corrupt in ur Govt for various scams
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) May 24, 2018
3/3
Dear PM,Pl accept the #FitnessChallenge of-
5. National Security Fitness by stopping Pak sponsored terrorism & Chinese incursion in Doklam,next to Arunanchal Border and elsewhere.
Nation must come first.
Pl forego the media stunts & accept the ‘Governance’ challenge.
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) May 24, 2018
While others questioned his silence on the Thoothukudi firing. Twitterati also reminded the Prime Minsiter to respond to the challenges face by civilians. “Respected Prime Minister, I’m from TN(a tax paying part of India).Kudos on taking @imVkohli ‘s challenge. But there’s this little town in our state called “Thoothukudi” where 12 of our civilians have been shot dead by the govt. Kindly spare a sec to look into our challenges too,” tweeted @shenbagarajG.
Respected Prime Minister,
I’m from TN(a tax paying part of India).Kudos on taking @imVkohli ‘s challenge. But there’s this little town in our state called “Thoothukudi” where 12 of our civilians have been shot dead by the govt. Kindly spare a sec to look into our challenges too.— Shenbagaraj (@shenbagarajG) May 24, 2018
Many more followed with their own challenges to Prime Minister of India.
.@narendramodi ji, to forward the cause of education, how about a #SelfieWithDegree?
— Pratik Sinha (@free_thinker) May 24, 2018
