International Yoga Day: Govt wants Bachchan, Kohli and shilpa shetty on board

The Ministry of AYUSH wants to rope in celebrities such as Amitabh Bachchan and Virat Kohli for International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21. “We have made many celebrities brand ambassadors for publicity of the event. We are also trying to include them in this. In that, there are names like Amitabh Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty and Virat Kohli,” Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik said. 

With close to 40,000 people expected to take part in the mega event, the ministry is also trying to register the event into the Guinness Book of World Records, Naik said. He added that International Yoga Day has got the support of 177 countries. Free yoga camps are being organised in 651 districts while in Delhi, 100 camps have been planned. Close to 11 lakh NCC cadets are expected to perform common yoga protocol across the country, while 5,000 members of the armed police forces will participate in the mega event being organised at Rajpath.