Anurag Thakur

Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 1974

Anurag Singh Thakur (born 24 October 1974) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. He is the current Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Second Modi ministry. Previously, Thakur served as a Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in May 2008 in a by poll as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Coming from a political family of Himachal Pradesh, he is a four time MP, being a member of 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Lok Sabha. On January 19, 2019 he became the first Member of Parliament from Bharatiya Janata Party to be awarded the Sansad Ratna Award, an award established in 2010 by private organisa