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Youth Partnership Nation

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 'KNOW
YOUR LEADERS' PROGRAMME

You must have seen and heard the Prime
n
Minister, Lok Sabha Speaker, Rajya Sabha
Chairman, and other dignitaries pay their
respects to the portraits of great men in
Parliament House's central hall. However,
a new era has begun in the golden age of
independence. Now, the country's youth
are drawing inspiration from the lives of the
nation's exemplary men by participating in
these tribute programmes at Parliament
House. The government or Parliament have
added a new dimension to the ongoing
initiative to connect citizens with government
with this programme.

n Under the new concept of youth participation
in paying tribute to national leaders on their
birth anniversaries, eleven birth anniversary
programmes for national leaders have been
organised in the Central Hall of Parliament.
The first event occurred on October 2, 2022, on
the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation
Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri;
nine other events have since taken place.
n Participants are also taken on a tour of
Parliament House, Kartavya Path, the War
Memorial, Rajghat, the National Cleanliness
Center, and the Prime Minister's Museum.

The Parliamentary Research and Training
n
Institute for Democracy (PRIDE) sends a letter
to the MPs and District Magistrates of the
selected participants. The Parliament makes
plans for participant selection. They are given
Out of these 80, 31 youth also had the chance to share their books about national leaders, a handwritten
thoughts on Netaji's contribution. In Hindi, Sanskrit, English, copy of the Constitution on a pen drive, and
and regional languages, the youth participants discussed other digital materials after attending the
wreath-laying ceremony.
Netaji's contributions and recalled his life's inspiring ideals.
n The "Know Your Leader" programme has
PRIME MINISTER INTERACTS WITH THE YOUTH been launched as an effective medium to
The Prime Minister spoke with the young people chosen spread greater knowledge and awareness in
to take part in the ceremony in Parliament to honour Netaji the country about the lives and contributions
Subhash Chandra Bose on Parakram Divas at his residence of national icons among the youth of India
using the wreath-laying programmes held
on Lok Kalyan Marg. The Prime Minister discussed various in Parliament. They are chosen through an
facets of the life of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He elaborate, objective, and merit-based process
also suggested that they should try to read biographies that includes quizzes on Diksha Portal and
of historic personalities to learn the kind of challenges MyGov, district- and state-level speech
they faced in their lives and how they overcame those competitions, and selection from universities
challenges. The youth were overjoyed at the opportunity to through competitions on the lives and
meet the Prime Minister and sit in Parliament's central hall. contributions of leaders.

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