DEHRADUN: BJP leaders across Uttarakhand, including chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, all five MPs and MLAs in the state will do “ghar pe yog” on
international yoga day on Sunday. In the one-hour-long session, they will be doing three different sets of pranayam and yoga after which they will also have to share the small videos of the act on social media.
Devendra Bhasin, media coordinator of BJP told TOI that ahead of 6th International Day of Yoga, the PM Narendra Modi has urged people to perform yoga at their homes due to the Covid pandemic.
“This year, the theme of yoga day is ‘Yoga at home’ and everybody will perform yoga between 6 am and 7 am on Sunday. We will do 15 minutes of Sandhi Yog and Pranayam, and then meditate for 12 minutes and chant the mantra for happiness for three minutes. The leaders and all the workers have been asked to post their videos or pictures while performing yoga,” Bhasin said, adding that the party is also motivating NCC cadets, school and college students to take part on the day to send out a message globally that India never stops even during a when pandemic.