Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 14: BJP State president and MLA Jammu West, Sat Sharma held a meeting of State office bearers, district prabharis, district presidents, Mandal presidents and different Morchas regarding the celebration of International Yoga Day at the party Headquarter, Trikuta Nagar near here. State vice-president Parmod Kapahi, State general secretaries Dr. Narinder Singh and Harinder Gupta were also present in the meeting.
Sat Sharma, while addressing the meeting, said that the International Yoga Day will be celebrated in the Mini Stadium, Parade Ground, Jammu on Wednesday 21st of June at 5:30 a.m. along with other social organizations. He said that, today the whole world has recognized the power of yoga for the unison of mind and soul along with physical fitness.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised the status of Indian culture on the world platform and it is due to his efforts that today around 180 countries of the world are imbibing the Yoga in their day to day lives and celebrating the Yoga Day along with India.
He asked all the leaders present in the meeting to carry the message of PM Modi to every single person and asked them to reach various social groups to contribute in the great cause. He asked them not to take it as a programme of BJP, but as an appeal of PM Modi for healthier and happier tomorrow. He termed yoga as a service towards the humanity. This is a way to feel connected with great endeavour of our worthy PM, he added.
He asked that the celebration of Yoga Day will infuse a habit of healthy living among the different generations of the society, right from senior citizens to middle aged or young to children. He also said that the Yoga will play a part in keeping the youth away from the ill habit of drug addiction as well as other social evils. He said that, it is a way to the purification of mind and soul and made an appeal to the general public to come and contribute in this great cause.
Meanwhile, he also took a briefing of the “Alp-Kalik Vistarak Yojana” from the party leaders during the meeting and termed it as a major step for expanding the base of the party and extending the reach of party ideology to the general public.