Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has stated that he will be contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections from the Hamirpur constituency from where he has been winning since 2008 by polls.
Previously, his father former CM Prem Kumar Dhumal has won the seat in 1989, 1991 and 2007 by elections post the disqualification of BJP MP Suresh Kumar Chandel in a cash-for-query row..
About Anurag Thakur
Thakur has been one of the most trusted ministers in the government of Narendra Modi. Earlier he has enjoyed the posts of
- Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs(31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021)
- 33rd President of BCCI (22 May 2016 – 2 January 2017)
- President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (2011-16)
Earlier during the 2020 Delhi Elections he was surrounded by the controversy where slogans of “desh ke gaddaro ko, goli maaro salo ko” was heard, which translates to “shoot the traitors”.
