Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Chandigarh on late Monday evening to participate in second International Yoga Day celebrations at Capitol Complex on Tuesday.
Governor of Punjab and Haryana and UT Administration Kaptan Singh Solanki, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar, Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher among other dignitaries welcomed Modi at Chandigarh Airport.
As per the schedule, Modi will be staying at Punjab Raj Bhawan overnight. He will leave for Capitol Complex at 6.20 am on Tuesday and will reach the venue around 6.30 am. After attending the one-hour event, he will leave the venue around 7.50 am for the airport from where he will fly back to Delhi at 8.30 am.
This is the second visit of PM Modi to Chandigarh this year. The first visit was in January this year when he met the French President Francois Hollande at Capitol Complex here and later addressed a business delegation from France in the city