Mr. Anurag Singh Thakur is the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. He is a four-time chosen Member of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha/Lower House) from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh.
Inside Parliament, he has filled in as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT and Member of the Public Accounts Committee. During the sixteenth Lok Sabha, he was delegated as the Chief Whip, Lok Sabha, turning into the most youthful to expect to be in the post.
Anurag Thakur Biography
Anurag Thakur was brought into the world on 24 October 1974 (age 46 years; starting around 2020) in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He did his tutoring at the Dayanand Model School in Jalandhar, Punjab. In 1994, he sought after his Bachelors in Arts from the Doaba College, Jalandhar. He has forever been keen on sports, particularly cricket.
He used to take part in school-level cricket matches. This got him chosen in the state group of Himachal Pradesh. In the year 2000, he ascended to turn into the President of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA).
He played a Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir in the year 2000. As the President of the HPCA, he designated himself as a selector of the Ranji Trophy cricket crew; it is a necessity for the selectors to play a five-star cricket match to be qualified to be a selector.
He joined legislative issues and was chosen as an MP in 2008. Thakur is a 4-time MP from the Hamirpur body electorate of Himachal Pradesh. He turned into the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 22 May 2016. Albeit after a contention, he was eliminated as the President of the BCCI by the Supreme Court on 2 January 2017.
Anurag Thakur Wife
Anurag Thakur married Shefali Thakur. Shefali Thakur is a famous social media influencer.
Career
Anurag Thakur entered legislative issues in 2008 after his dad, Prem Kumar Dhumal, who was an MP, was chosen as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. Anurag was challenged by the Hamirpur Constituency in a by-survey, and he was chosen as an MP.
In the 2009 General Elections, he was challenged by the Hamirpur Lok Sabha Constituency, and he won. In 2011, he was delegated as the President of the All India Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He was probably the most youthful parliamentarian, and he won the "Best Young Parliamentarian Award" in 2011. He won the Sansad Ratna Award for his recognized presentation as a parliamentarian in 2019.
He continuously won from the Hamirpur Constituency in the 2014 and the 2019 General Elections. On 18 July 2018, he was selected as the Chief Whip of the BJP for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. On 30 May 2019, Anurag Thakur was confirmed as a Union Minister of State (MoS) in the Narendra Modi government by President Ram Nath Kovind.
On 31 May 2019, he was given the charge of Junior Finance Minister and the Corporate Affairs Minister. On 7 July 2021, he was elevated to Cabinet Minister in a reshuffle in Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers.
Controversy of Anurag Thukur
Anurag Thakur was sacked by the Supreme Court of India as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Supreme Court had named the Lodha Committee to decide and give a definite report on whether government authorities ought to be engaged with the managerial groups of sports.
The Lodha Committee, subsequent to presenting its last reports, exhorted the courts that legislators ought not to be important for sports organizations. Following this, the Supreme Court terminated Anurag in January 2017, and it requested that he venture down as the President of the BCCI.
Thakur, notwithstanding, wouldn't acknowledge the decision. After a few hearings and contentions, the court requested Thakur to one or the other advance down, issue an unrestricted open acknowledgment to the Supreme Court, or he will be captured. Anurag put out an unlimited statement of regret following this request, and he ventured down as the President of the BCCI.
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