Union Minister M Venkiah Naidu took a swipe at the critics of the Yoga Day spearheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying some people out of 'habit' create controversy. Yoga was a discipline which had nothing to do with religion, he said.
"Some people have a habit in this country, to make controversies out of nothing and then destroy positive things and make them negative," he said participating in a Yoga Day event organised by Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Yoga Centre.
BJP's ally, DMDK, held a special yoga session led by its party chief Vijayakanth and his wife Premalatha.
Clad in all-white outfit, party's senior leaders, MLAs, and district secretaries practised Yogic asanas along with the actor-turned politician and his wife at the party headquarters here.
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Vijayakanth hailed UN recognition of yoga and said its practise brought peace to an individual while his wife insisted that it had gained worldwide acceptance.
Sri Sri Ravishankar's The Art of Living also organised yoga camp here on the occasion.
Coast Guard Coammader (East) SP Sharma, urged all to adapt a healthy lifestyle by including yoga as a 'compulsory' part.
At the Officers Training Academy (OTA), army personnel attended a yoga session.
Lieutenant General Ravindra Pratap Sahi, Commandant, OTA said yoga classes were regular feature and part of training curriculum for 'Gentlemen and Lady Cadets' at the OTA.
"OTA is equipped with a proper yoga hall and qualified yoga instructors," Sahi added.
Further, more than 17,115 NCC cadets performed yoga in eight venues here even as enthusiastic school students, young and elderly persons participated in yoga programme across the state.