West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asks TMC chief to ditch pakoras, shed weight
By PTI
PURULIA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is thought to be a health fanatic, was on Monday seen advising a visibly obese chairman of Jhalda municipality on how you can ger rid of his stomach bulge.
She even warned the TMC chief of doable well being hazards, together with coronary heart blocks and instructed him on the right method to do ‘pranayama’ (respiration workout routines).
“Why do you have such a belly bulge? And the way it’s growing you will definitely have a (heart) blockage,” she informed Suresh Kumar Agarwal throughout an administrative assessment assembly right here.
A bashful Agarwal informed the chief minister that although he weighs round 125 kg and consumes a lot of ‘pakoras’ (fritters), he’s completely match and with out sickness.
He additionally stated that he workout routines on a regular basis for practically one-and-half hours.
“Didi, I exercise for nearly one and half hours everyday…But I like to have pakoras. I am absolutely okay, am non-dabetic, have no blood pressure problems and do not need to consume any medicine,” he stated.
The Jhalda municipality chairman even demonstrated earlier than Banerjee how he performs ‘pranayama’ and claimed that he did ‘Kapalabhati’ no less than 1,000 occasions a day.
Banerjee, who wore an amused expression, then suggested the TMC chief to cease consuming pakoras.
When contacted by PTI, 62-year-old Agarwal stated that he’ll “definitely try” to comply with her recommendation.
The chief minister informed the assembly concerning the plan for constructing a movie metropolis at Purulia, which is surrounded by thick woods.
The 67-year-old TMC supremo is usually captured on digicam going for brisk morning walks at any time when she is on administrative excursions to the districts.
She is thought to stroll a number of miles day by day on her treadmill and is seen overlaying many kilometres on foot throughout election campaigns.
Banerjee additionally wears a digital wrist watch, which sources near her stated is used to maintain observe of what number of steps she walks a day moreover monitoring her coronary heart price, blood strain and different parameters.
