Haryana: Three-day yoga camp to start from June 12 in Panchkula

A three-day yoga training camp is being organised at Parade Ground in Sector 5, Panchkula, from June 12 and it will be inaugurated by Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki. Apart from Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and other state ministers as well as MLAs, senior officers of the state government will also undergo training at this camp where yoga guru Ramdev, the brand ambassador of Yoga and Ayurveda in Haryana, would impart training.

Giving this information Monday, Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Anil Vij, said that judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, members of Bar Association, MPs and mediapersons have also been invited to attend the camp. The training would be imparted between 5 am-7am daily.

He said that the national programme of International Yoga Day on June 21 would be organised in Chandigarh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be the chief guest.

The state government has got yoga training imparted to the staff of police and Ayush department, yoga instructors and PTIs of the education department, school and college students, panches, sarpanches and other elected representatives of NGOs and other social organisations with the help of Patanjali Yog Peeth. The 3-day training programme for local MLAs, MPs and officers have begun in all districts from June 6.

He said that over 10,000 participants from Haryana would take part in this national programme. International Yoga Day would be celebrated as yoga festival in all districts and blocks.

A minimum of 2,100 participants would take part in the district- level programme and about 500 in block-level programmes. Only those who would give excellent performance during these training camps would participate in the national programme.