Haryana and Punjab Governor, Kaptan Singh Solanki, who is also Chandigarh Administrator, on Tuesday said that yoga should become part of everyone’s daily life.
Addressing the gathering at Capitol Complex, Solanki said that yoga has connected people from all walks of people and people have forgotten casteism, religion, region due to yoga. He was the only leader who spoke on the occasion, besides the Prime Minister.
Mentioning the Jat quota agitation that was held in Haryana, he expressed happiness that the agitation ended a day before.
The Governor also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi in getting the UN to declare June 21 as the International Yoga Day. Comparing Modi with Swami Vivekananda, Solanki said that there has been a renaissance ever since Modi has become PM.
later, Solanki presented Narendra Modi with a statuette created by Anuj Saini, son of Chandigarh's famed Rock Garden’s creator, Nek Chand. The statuette depicted a mudra of Vrikshasana.