With the Congress remembering India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's contribution to popularising yoga, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor on June 21 said, "We should also acknowledge all those who revived and popularised yoga, including our government", for internationalising the International Day of Yoga through the United Nations.
In a tweet, the Congress said, "On International Day of Yoga, we thank Pt Nehru, who was instrumental in popularising yoga and even made it a part of national policy."
