Bikini-clad bodybuilders flex muscle in front of Hanuman statue in Madhya Pradesh

Congress has mounted an attack on the ruling BJP over a bodybuilding championship where skimpily-clad women flashed muscles in front of a big statue of Lord Hanuman in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. In a video which has now gone viral, bikini-clad young female bodybuilders can be seen flaunting their athletic bodies. In a corner of the stage is installed a statue of Lord Hanuman, who is considered the god of physical and intellectual power. The event was inaugurated on Saturday by Madhya Pradesh higher education minister Mohan Yadav, Ratlam BJP MLA Chetan Kashyap, and mayor Prahlad Patel who also belongs to the saffron party. Congress has objected to the presence of Lord Hanuman’s statue on the stage of the 13th Junior Body Building Competition, calling the event “obscene”. More than 400 bodybuilders from across India participated in the event which was organised under the aegis of the Indian Bodybuilding Federation.