Indian politician Anurag Thakur is celebrating his 50th birthday today i.e. on 24th October. Anurag Thakur was born on 24 October 1974 in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. He was a military officer before joining politics. In the year 2008, he entered politics and worked to carry forward his father’s political legacy. However, Anurag Thakur’s political graph progressed very fast and at present Anurag Thakur is the Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. So let us know about some interesting things related to the life of Anurag Thakur on the occasion of his birthday…
political journey
Let us tell you that for the first time in the Lok Sabha elections held in May 2008, Anurag Thakur was elected as a Lok Sabha member from BJP. Then in the year 2009, he was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha for the second time. Apart from political activism, he is also associated with sports. In the year 2001, Anurag Thakur was the selector of the Indian junior cricket team. Then he was elected President of Cricket Association of Himachal Pradesh.
In May 2016, he was elected President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. In the year 2016 itself, Anurag Thakur became the first MP of Bharatiya Janata Party, who was made a regular commissioned officer in the Territorial Army.
Marriage
If we talk about Anurag Thakur’s personal life, he married Shefali in the year 2002. His wife Shefali is the daughter of Gulab Singh Thakur, former PWD Minister of Himachal Pradesh’s Public Works Department. Anurag and Shefali have two sons Jayaditya and Udayveer.
old association with controversies
In the year 2011, Anurag Thakur had strengthened his presence at the national level by hoisting the tricolor flag at Lal Chowk in Kashmir while giving the slogan ‘Lal Chowk Jayenge, Tiranga Wahin Fahraenge’. However, there was a lot of controversy on this matter at that time. After this, in a rally held in Rithala during the Delhi Assembly elections, he gave the slogan ‘Shoot the traitors of the country’. Even then, a lot of controversy had arisen over his slogan. Anurag Thakur is considered close to the country’s Home Minister Amit Shah.
