PM Modi Performs Asanas At Mega Yoga Day Event In Ranchi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he "wanted to take make yoga an integral part of the lives of the poor" as he led around 30,000 people in performing asanas at a massive event in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi to mark the fifth International Yoga Day celebrations. "Diseases make a poor person poorer; I want to take yoga from cities to the villages, to the jungles, to the poor and the adivasis (tribals)," PM Modi said, adding "Yoga belongs to everyone and everyone belongs to Yoga." Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other top ministers attended events in different parts of the country as part of Yoga Day celebrations. The theme of this Yoga Day is "climate action".