NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra #Modi will go on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday his first in this third term sending a massive political message after the successful conclusion of the general election in the Union Territory.

The occasion will be the celebration of the 10th International Yoga Day, during which he will join a youth programme. Being in Jammu and Kashmir and leading a Yoga programme on the bank of the Dal lake at that point, will be an exercise in optics for the international community.

Ten years ago, United Nations had declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga and last year, global celebration of yoga was led by PM Modi at the UN headquarters in New York.