KANNUR, January 4, 2016
Yoga display under CPI(M) auspices
It was an impressive display of yoga by nearly 1,200
people who underwent yoga training by a Communist Party of India
(Marxist)-sponsored training programme.
That the
programme has the party’s official stamp of approval was demonstrated by
the presence of CPI(M) State secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Polit
Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan, party district secretary P. Jayarajan,
P.K. Sreemathy, MP, and senior leaders E.P. Jayarajan, M.V. Govindan and
M.V. Jayarajan, among others to watch the yoga performance at the
Jawahar Stadium here on Sunday afternoon. The event was held under the
aegis of the Indian Martial Arts Academy and Yoga Study Centre
(IMAAYSC), a pro-CPI(M) initiative.
The chief guest
at the performance was Manav Ekta Mission founder Sri M. He said that
yoga’s tradition could be traced back to centuries and that it could not
be claimed by any particular religion or community.
In
his welcome address, CPI(M) district secretary P. Jayarajan said that
IMAAYSC is not a CPI(M) initiative. He said that the party supported the
yoga training programme because some communal outfits are trying to
misappropriate it. He said that the training programme was developed by
experts in the field.
Badges of yoga trainers were
presented by Sri M at the function. Yoga expert E. Rajeevan, who led the
training programme, was named chief faculty of the programme.