New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari's office said tonight that he was not invited to the Yoga Day event in the capital after his absence was questioned by senior BJP and RSS leader Ram Madhav. Madhav had deleted a tweet questioning Ansari's absence and then apologising to him saying he later learnt that the Vice President was unwell.

The Vice President's office said that was not correct. "Vice President was not sick. He was never invited for the yoga programme," it said, adding, "the Vice President only attends those programmes in which the Minister concerned invites him as per protocol".