Kejriwal Govt To Scale UP 'Dilli Ki Yogshala' Programme, Make Yoga Mass Movement

Under the "Dilli Ki Yogshala" program, the AAP government gives free trainers to those desiring to attend yoga classes.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (Source: Twitter/@ArvindKejriwal)

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday interacted with the teachers who are teaching yoga to Delhi for free. CM said, the Delhi government intends to make yoga a mass movement and will scale up the ongoing "Dilli Ki Yogshala" programme from 500-600 daily sessions to 5,000-6,000 sessions. Communicating with trainers under the program, Kejriwal said yoga is definitely not a daylong undertaking for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and it expects to increase it profoundly.

"We will now replicate the model and scale it up from the current 500-600 classes to 5,000-6,000. Our beneficiaries would go up from 30,000 to lakhs of citizens," he said.

The govt will endeavor to guarantee that there is a working yoga class in each Delhi area, so that individuals gain admittance to free preparation close to home, the CM added.

The Delhi government needs to make yoga a mass development in the national capital through the free training program, which is a first-of-its-kind experiment in the country, he noted.

Under the "Dilli Ki Yogshala" program, the AAP government gives free trainers to those desiring to attend yoga classes. These classes are right now being led at more than 500 spots across the public capital.

"People are giving a fantastic response to the classes. They are witnessing a physical and mental transformation. Had the instructors not been top-notch, this would not have been possible," Kejriwal said.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was also present on the occasion and said the chief minister has a dream that every Delihiite would practise yoga.

"It is one thing to do yoga and talk about yoga on International Day of Yoga and quite another to ensure the doorstep delivery of yoga at someone's house or in a park," he said.

There was a lot of emphasis on the training of the yoga teachers as they require to communicate with people.

In this way, they were additionally trained in soft skills and personality development, Sisodia added.

(With PTI inputs)