Visakhapatnam, June 21 -- Andhra Pradesh's Minister for Education, Nara Lokesh on Saturday congratulated the people of the state for attempting to set a world record on the occasion of International Yoga Day with more than 2 lakh people participating in the program led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Visakhapatnam.

The minister also mentioned that Saturday was observed as Yoga Day in all Andhra Pradesh schools.

"We are proud because the Prime Minister created a movement, and for the last 11 years he was driving this movement from the front, and we are very lucky that this time he allowed Andhra Pradesh to showcase our talent," Minister Lokesh told ANI in Visakhapatnam.

Talking about the world record attempt, he added, "We are lucky ...