Why PM Modi picked Dehradun as the venue for the fourth edition of yoga day
The PM will deliver a speech and perform yoga, along with an estimated 50,000 participants The choice of Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, as the venue of the fourth edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s yoga day celebrations on Thursday, has been picked with much thought for its religious and spiritual symbolism, but also has electoral significance for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with it being the last yoga day celebrations before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. On Thursday morning, the PM will deliver a speech and perform yoga, along with an estimated 50,000 participants, at the sprawling and salubrious campus of the 112-year-old Forest Research Institute here. The first international day of yoga, after it was recognized by the UN in end-2014, was held in New Delhi in 2015. Also Read : Yoga Day 2018: How India's answer to western fitness regimes originated Also Read : Peru, Japan also celebrate fourth edition of International Yoga Day Chand...