TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Ram Naik on Wednesday joined yoga guru Baba Ramdev in a yoga practice session for the upcoming ‘Yoga Diwas’ or International Yoga Day which is to be held on June 21. Naik, Adityanath and Baba Ramdev performed various yogic postures or asanas together.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Adityanath are expected to participate in the International Yoga Day event to be held in Lucknow on June 21 along with 50,000 other yoga practitioners.
State Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar, a joint secretary of Ministry of AYUSH and other officials recently took part in a preparatory meeting for the event that is to be held under the auspices of the Centre and the state government.
Senior citizens, aanganwadi workers and around 500 divyangs are expected to participate in the International Day of Yoga celebrations. The participants will be given bottles of mineral water and monogramed T-shirts to highlight the event and its significance.
