Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar lal Khattar on Saturday urged the people of the State to celebrate ‘International Yoga Day’ on June 21 as a festival.
Addressing the gathering on the second day of the five-day free ‘Yog Chikitsa Evam Dhyaan Shivir’ being organised in association with Yog guru, Baba Ramdev in the run up to ‘International Yoga Day’ in Faridabad, Khattar said that it was two years ago that Prime Minister, Narendra Modi proposed in the United Nations to dedicate one day to yoga, following which June 21 was declared as ‘International Yoga Day’ and 177 countries came forward to celebrate the day.
The Chief Minister also performed yoga along with Baba Ramdev on this occasion.
He said that this year, the Prime Minister, along with 31,000 ‘sadhaks’ from Haryana, would perform yoga at a national-level programme being organised in Chandigarh on June 21.
Describing the Chief Minister as a ‘karmayogi’, Baba Ramdev said that performing yoga was more beneficial than going to the gymnasium as it helped to make mind and soul healthy, along with the body.
Meanwhile, to organise International Yoga Day in a befitting manner on June 21, the Haryana Government has decided to organise yoga programmes at district level.
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Pal, would be the Chief Guest at the district-level yoga programme to be organised at Faridabad on the occasion of ‘International Yoga Day’. Haryana Education Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma, would be the Chief Guest at the district-level yoga programme in Ambala, Agriculture Minister, OP Dhankar, at Rohtak, Public Works (Buildings and Roads) Minister, Rao Narbir Singh, at Gurgaon, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister,
Kavita Jain, at Sonepat and Transport Minister, Krishan lal Panwar, at Panipat.
Cooperation Minister, Bikram Singh Yadav, would be the Chief Guest at the district-level yoga programme in Bhiwani, Public Health Engineering Minister, Ghanshyam Saraf, at Jind, Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Minister, Krishan Kumar at Hisar, Food and Supplies Minister, Karan Dev Kamboj, at Kurukshetra and Minister of State for Mines and Geology, Nayab Singh at Rewari.
Chief Parliamentary Secretaries would also be chief guests at other district level programmes.