Chandigarh, August 19

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur today kicked off his five-day ‘Jan Aashirwad Yatra’ from Himachal Bhawan in Sector 28 here.

Sanjay Tandon, co-incharge of Himachal Pradesh BJP, city BJP president Arun Sood and Mayor Ravi Kant Sharma welcomed the Hamirpur MP on his arrival at the venue.

BJP HP unit president and MP Suresh Kashyap, Minister Sukhram Chaudhary and former president of state BJP and MLA Rajiv Bindal were among those who participated in the procession. Addressing a gathering here, Thakur said his government was working for all sections of society.

Tandon said the purpose of the event was to make people aware of the welfare policies of the government and at the same time know the problems being faced by them. He said the yatra would cover a distance of 623 km through all four Lok Sabha constituencies of Himachal Pradesh. The yatra left the city for Parwanoo.

Social distancing went for a toss as the entrance of the venue was jampacked. — TNS