Bengaluru: Social activist Anna Hazare lauded the power of yoga in boosting will power. While attending the third International Yoga Day celebrations here at Kanteerava Stadium on Wednesday, he said, “The willpower to fight corruption comes from yoga. People can witness the corrupt taking regular course of medicines even in air-conditioned chambers.”
However, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who was scheduled to attend the function, gave it a miss.
Yoga guru Swashaguru Vachanananda Swamiji tutored the participants in performing yoga postures. Calling Hazare a ‘modern Gandhi’, Swamiji said, “In order to achieve the dream of clean and corruption free India, yoga is necessary. Even at 80,
Hazare’s zeal to fight corruption comes from yoga.”
Defending BJP’s position on yoga, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers H.N. Ananth Kumar said the connection of yoga should only be made with the betterment of body.
