As the Yogi government gears up for the gala celebration on Yoga Day, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh will be the chief guest of the function to be held at Raj Bhawan lawns in lucknow on June 21.
Minister of state for Ayush Dr Dharam Singh Saini said in lucknow on Friday that besides the Union Home minister, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Dr Dinesh Sharma along with several ministers would participate in the function.
“Guidelines have bene issued to district administrations across the state to celebrate Yoga Day in style. NGOs, voluntary organizations, students from different school and colleges and jawans from police and para-military forces will participate in the function,” the minister said.
“Besides, volunteers of Nehru Yuva Kendra, Patanjali, Art of living, Gyatri Parivar and Brahm Kumaris will take part in this festival,” Saini said.
In lucknow, the Yoga festival will be held at 10 major parks of the city and will be held between 6 and 8 am.
“Cultural programmes, workshops and seminars will be held across the state in the next few days to sensitise people to participate in the festival in large numbers. We expect that public participation would be morethan previous years,” Saini hoped.
The Chief Minister also issued guidelines and made District Magistrates as nodal officers the districts while SDMs will be nodal officers at tehsil and BDOs at block level. Yogi also asked officers to maintain cleanliness and provide drinking water for participants.
“The logo of Kumbh Mela should be used in T-shirts to be given to the participants. Senior party leaders, MPs and MlAs have been asked to take part in the function,” the CM said.