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The West Bengal authorities has directed each authorities employees to participate in the International Day of Yoga connected June 21. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also instrumentality part.
This volition beryllium the PM’s archetypal nationalist quality successful West Bengal since helium attended Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s swearing-in aft the BJP came to power.
Participation has been made mandatory for each State Government staff. An bid dated June 14, from the bureau of the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, asked section heads, territory magistrates, and divisional commissioners to guarantee that their staff comply.
“The 12th International Day of Yoga volition be observed on 21st June 2026 crossed the state to beforehand awareness regarding the value of yoga for carnal and intelligence well-being... All officers and employees, including permanent, contractual, part-time, casual workers, outsourced personnel, and unit engaged on honorarium basis by the State Government, PSUs, autonomous bodies, and section bodies shall participate in the programme on 21.06.2026 from 6:30 americium to 7:45 americium from their respective offices, homes, and Red Road & Milan Mela, if nominated,” the letter stated.
The main yoga time lawsuit volition beryllium held successful the bosom of Kolkata astatine Red Road and volition beryllium attended by PM Modi and the West Bengal CM.
The Department of Health and Family Welfare in West Bengal has already held aggregate grooming sessions crossed the State for Sunday’s (June 21, 2026) main event.
West Bengal volition present observe Paschimbanga Dibas on June 20, with the celebrations scheduled to instrumentality spot astatine the aforesaid Red Road venue. PM Modi is scheduled to attend.
Traffic has been diverted connected Red Road to let operation of the signifier that volition big the 2 events.
Cultural celebration
The lawsuit volition observe the history, culture, and practice of the State. District committees volition organise celebrations crossed the State.
The previous government observed the archetypal time of Poila Baisakh (Bengali New Year) arsenic ‘Bangla Dibas’ oregon West Bengal Foundation Day. A solution was passed in September 2023 successful the Assembly, with 167 MLAs supporting the solution and 62 MLAs opposing.
A controversy had erupted successful Bengal successful 2023 implicit West Bengal Foundation Day erstwhile Raj Bhavan observed June 20 arsenic the State Foundation Day.
On June 20, 1947, Jana Sangha laminitis Shyama Prasad Mookerjee moved a connection successful the Bengal Assembly calling for the partition of Bengal, which the BJP says paved the mode for a “homeland for the Hindus of Bengal”. The existent authorities has chosen this precise time to observe the Paschimbanga Dibas.
