PM Modi puts Cabinet colleagues on Yoga Day job

New Delhi, June 18 : Buoyed by the success of the United Nations’ recognising June 21st as the International Yoga Day and huge participation in last year’s Yoga Day celebrations at the Rajpath here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all his Cabinet colleagues and ministers to commemorate Yoga Day with the people by fanning out across the nation. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released a list of 50 ministers with their assigned locations, where they will participate in the Yoga Day celebrations on Tuesday. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told ANI, “All ministers of the Central Government will participate in the International Yoga Day functions in various districts across the nation on June 21. An environment is being created for sensitising people about the benefits of good health.” Trashing criticism by various political parties, Naqvi said, “I think there should be no politics on health. The people, who are indulged in politics of health, are politically bankrupt. Thus, at least, they must perform yoga.” The list of 50 leaders includes even towering names like Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Mumbai), Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu (Delhi), Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar (Kanpur), Union Road transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari (Nagpur) and Union HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani (Bhopal) among others.