PUNE, SEP 16: The role of youths in country’s politics is significant as the energy and innovation which they possess can help new India to overcome many of its problems with extreme ease and efficiency.
This was stated by senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister, Kavinder Gupta while speaking at 1st National Young Legislators’ Conference organized by the MIT School of Government in Pune. In the conference, Shivaj Patil, former Speaker Lok Sabha; Sumitra Mahajan, former Speaker Lok Sabha; Dr Meira Kumar, former Speaker Lok Sabha and several Speakers and former Speakers from various states were present.
Kavinder Gupta, who was the former Speaker of J&K, said that government is giving the much required preference to young lot in today’s political arena and developing policies that respond to the specific needs of younger generations. “It is necessary that for young people to be adequately represented in political institutions, processes, and decision-making, in particular in elections because through this they can acquire the knowledge and capacity to participate in a meaningful way at all levels in nation building”, Kavinder asserted while asking the youth to remain proactive in political activities and the processes which decide the formation of governments.
The former Deputy Chief Minister said that the quantum of energy which the youth possessed and the innovation which the new generation can bring in the political set-up of the country needs to be utilized to the hilt to change the contours and dimensions of India and fulfill the aspirations of one and all.
The senior BJP leader said that whatever the country is accomplishing right now is ultimately meant for today’s youth and therefore the core principle for meaningful and effective youth political participation needs to be – ‘nothing about them without their conviction and consent’. He said it is imperative that youth should steer the politics towards new heights as the energy level which they possess is enormous and if given the chance they can do wonders by their meaningful attributes and maverick ideas.
Kavinder said that already youth has proven at many times that their youthfulness can be a game changer therefore making them facilitators of different political spectrums can without an iota of doubt help the country to surmount many of the existing problems.