Muslim Couple's NGO To Join International Yoga Day Celebrations

LUCKNOW: An NGO run by a Muslim couple has been selected in Uttar Pradesh to organise a yoga camp on International Yoga Day, even as some minority groups have been objecting to the event to be held on June 21.

Mohammad Sayeed Memorial Welfare Society, an NGO run by Akhtar and his wife Shaista, has been selected by the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy under Union Ministry of Ayush to conduct the camp in Balrampur district.

"We have been selected by the ministry and the organisation is already conducting training classes since May 21," Shaista Akhtar told PTI over phone.

She said the organisation was supposed to train 100 people, but the participation has steadily increased.

"We hope that on June 21 about 200 people will attend the mass session, venue for which will be finalised on June 18," she said.

Shaista said as of now 15 to 16 Muslims were attending the classes, but their participation during International Yoga Day is not confirmed.

"We cannot take the surety of their participation as Ramadan will start, but we are telling people that when they have attended the classes for 30 days, then why not for one more day," she said.
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