Anurag Thakur commenced his ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ on Thursday from Chandigarh, held a press conference today in Shimla after flagging off Fit India Freedom Run 2.0.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Friday criticized the Congress for not having a full party president and said he hopes that the party chooses their president by 2024.
“I hope Congress party elects its president by 2024,” he said when a reporter asked him about the agendas, on which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest the upcoming elections, during a press conference in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla.
Anurag Thakur commenced his Jan Ashirwad Yatra on Thursday from Chandigarh and held a press conference today in Shimla after flagging off Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 to celebrate the last week of ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav‘.
When asked whether he aspired to become a Union Minster after being in sports for a long time, the Union Minister said “When politics came in sports then I came in politics. Before that I was not there.”
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Several other Union Ministers who were recently inducted in the Cabinet in July has commenced their Jan Ashirwad Yatra including Union Minister of Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, among others.
During the press conference, Mr Thakur also said as soon as the Monsoon Session of Parliament was over, all the ministers went to the parliamentary constituencies of their respective states. “I also made a five-day tour to cover four parliamentary constituencies of about 623 km including 37 Assembly constituencies. It will have around 90 events,” he added.
Mr Thakur further said that every possible effort will be made to facilitate sports.
“I am very clear on some things. Land is needed for establishing a stadium or an academy. We will leave no stone unturned to facilitate sports wherever land is available,” said the Union Minister when reporters asked him about setting up of a stadium in Shimla.
The Union Minster also stressed on the importance of setting up state of the art establishments in Shimla to promote tourism.
“To promote tourism and make Shimla a hub of activities, a state-of-the art establishment should be set up here to attract people. At least 5 lakh people come to see Dharamshala stadium. A single stadium brought such a change and television has a big role to play,” he said.
According to the minister, the Khelo India programme has done well across the country.
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