Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur on Wednesday addressed the National Youth Parliament Festival, 2024 on its concluding day in the Central Hall of the Parliament.

Addressing the gathering, Birla congratulated all the participants and the winners. He said that the Central Hall has a history and this hall was central in making of the constitution after the independence. Birla also said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi have huge expectations from the youth and in achieving nation’s goal of Viksit Bharat.

He also said that Youth’s thinking capability, ability to innovate and the zeal to work will be instrumental in making India ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047.He further added that India will not only be a Viksit Bharat but will also show the path to the entire world. He added that India today is moving towards modernisation and at the same time is keeping its heritage intact.

Speaking on the occasion Anurag Singh

Thakur said that the determined voice of Youth shows the determination of India as a nation. He said that India has seen the positive use of technology and its movement from fragile five to top five economies of the world.

He also said that India has moved from weak leadership to strong leadership and can today walk shoulder to shoulder with the world leaders. He also highlighted the fact that in last 10 years government under the leadership of Modi has moved around 250 million poor out of multi-dimensional poverty. 

He also urged the participants to make use of various platforms like YouTube to take the government policies to the people preferably in vernacular language. He also urged youth to focus on team led leadership and said that that the network created today will be your Net Worth in life.

The National Youth Parliament is being organised this year based on the theme of 'Young Voices: Engage and Empower for Nation’s Transformation’. The National Youth Parliament Festival, 2024 has been organised from February 9, 2024 to March 6, 2024 across the country. This Youth Parliament has been organised at three levels covering 785 Districts of the country.