Celebration of democracy! Finale of #NationalYouthParliamentFestival grabs attention in full swing
New Delhi, Feb 26: The festival which celebrates the young energy and enthusiasm of youngsters of India, the month-long competition which held throughout the country now reach to its finale. National level finals of National Youth Parliament Festival inaugurated by Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore in New Delhi.
Prime Minister in his Mann Ki Baat address, had shared his idea of organizing Youth Parliaments for young people in every district of the country. It is to provide a chance to the youth to brainstorm about new India and to find ways and chalk out plans to realize our resolves before 2022.
National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 has been jointly organized by National Service Scheme (NSS) and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, on the theme of “Be the Voice of New India” and “Find solutions and contribute to policy”.
He reiterated his idea to capture the voice of the youth in his address to the youth during the 22nd National Youth Festival on 12th January 2018.
PM Narendra Modi will confer the National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 awards to the winners on 27th February 2019 at Vigyan Bhawan.
Union Minister congratulating the participants, and said, “I called the youth to recognize their strength and create a New India. India has a large young population, and everyone has one or the other Speciality, quality. What is needed is to identify, harness and promote it”.
Further, he said, a youth in National Youth Parliament Festival have come the nook and corner of the country, with different background and culture, but they have the same identity, and that is they all are Indians and have respect for the Indian tricolor.
The Minister said, "diversity makes India more beautiful, powerful and wonderful. Referring to the dastardly attack on security forces in Pulwama", he said that martyrs belonged to different states, castes, and religions, but all made supreme sacrifice for the motherland.
Mr.Rathore said the security forces imbibe the spirit of sacrifice, discipline, dedication, and dutifulness, and it is need of the hour that youth of the country also inculcate these virtues.
He called upon the youth to follow the ideals of our national and patriotic leaders like Shivaji and Maharana Pratap so that the future generations can remember the contributions of the present youth in nation-building. Referring to the inauguration of the War memorial by Hon'ble Prime Minister yesterday, Col. Rathore said that those who remember their brave hearts, never fall short. He called upon the youth to put a stamp on the rapid strides being made by the nation in all fields. He said that the country is progressing under the best leadership, and impossibilities are being converted into possibilities.
More than 50 thousand youth participated through Youth Parliaments at all levels and the narrative will be strengthened and made more vibrant by their voices and ideas and suggestions. The National Youth Parliament Festival also encourages the youth to engage with public issues, understand the common man’s point of view, form their opinion and express these in an articulate manner. It captures relevant and effective voices on the vision of New India and these are made available to policy makers and implementers to take them forward.
