Struggle, Service and Sacrifice is the new mantra of Anurag Thakur

By Vijyender Sharma
DEHRA GOPIPUR 1 July 2010-----Newly appointed National chief of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha , Anurag Thakur strongly criticized the UPA government for not having an effective policy for the youth of the country. He lamented that today's youth did not see politics as a profession and instead preferred to become a doctor or an engineer.
While addressing the mammoth gathering at Ram Lila Ground here today he said BJYM will connect to the youth through “struggle, service and sacrifice”. “Youth is the biggest resource of the country but the government has no effective policy for them. Not many youth are in politics though it is a means to transform the country. We will reach out to the youth and connect them to the BJP,” Thakur added.
Anurag further added that he will create awareness among the youth on problems such as the Maoist threat, price rise and corruption.” We will struggle against the anti-people policies of the Congress-led government and guard interests of the common man. We will also try to develop a spirit of sacrifice among the youth,” he said.
Thakur, who is the son of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, said the BJYM will work hard in states where the party was weak.
He said the new team of BJYM office-bearers will be in place in about a month.
Anurag who is the President of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) for the past 10 years, said the organization will build multi-discipline sports facilities in all districts of the state in the next four years.
He said apart from the international stadium at Dharamsala where a cricket match of the Indian Premier League was held earlier this year, stadiums had come up at Hamirpur and Bilaspur.
“When I took over as president of HPCA, the budget of the association was Rs.20 lakh. It now has a budget of Rs.30 crore with fixed assets of Rs.90 crore,” Thakur said.