Modi's ministers to mark Yoga Day at various venues across UP

Lucknow: Several ministers from the Narendra Modi’s cabinet will embrace yoga exercises at different venues in Uttar Pradesh on the second International Yoga Day on Tuesday. Senior ministers including Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will be seen doing bend and stretch to inspire more and more people to make Yoga as part of their daily routine.

Ministers to perform Yoga in these cities:

• Rajnath Singh will participate in an event on International Yoga Day in Lucknow

• Manohar Parrikar will practice Yoga exercises in Kanpur

• Cabinet minister Kalraj Mishra and Maneka Gandhi will embrace Yoga in Varanasi and Pilibhit respectively

• Commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend an event in Ghaziabad

• Cabinet Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will practice Yoga in Meerut

• State Rail Minister Manoj Sinha will visit Gorakhpur to perform Yoga along with people

• Cabinet Ministers Sanjeev Balyan and Sadhvi Niranjan to attend an event in Muzaffarnagar and Allahabad on International Yoga Day

• UP BJP head Keshav Prasad Maurya will address a Yoga Day programme in Allahabad