Bhagwan

Birsa Munda Nagar set up at Parade Ground, Main auditorium named after India’s

first CDS, General Bipin Rawat

Former

ISRO Chairman S. Somanath to inaugurate the Conference; Chief Minister Pushkar

Singh Dhami to be the Guest at Prof. Yashwantrao Kelkar Youth Award Ceremony

Resolutions

to be passed after intensive discussions on important issues like society,

education, environment and national security

Rani

Abbakka Kalash Yatra, Bhagwan Birsa Sandesh Yatra, and holy water from the

martyrdom site of Guru Tegh Bahadur to reach the National Conference travelling

through various places across the country

Lucknow,

25 Nov (HS): Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) will organise 71st

National Conference from November 28 to 30 at Parade Ground in Dehradun,

Uttarakhand, in temporarily established tent city named as ‘Bhagwan Birsa Munda

Nagar’. More than 1500 delegates from across the country including students,

teachers, academicians, full-time workers, and student unions office bearers

from major universities of India will participate in the event.

ABVP

has included various programmes, sessions, and exhibitions on the occasion of

this National Conference. The main auditorium of the conference has been named

after the pride of Uttarakhand and India’s valiant son, the first Chief of

Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. Among the significant processions preceding

the conference are the Bhagwan Birsa Sandesh Yatra, which began from Ulihatu,

Jharkhand, on the 150th birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, and the Rani

Abbakka Kalash Yatra, which commenced from the birthplace of Rani Abbakka in

Karnataka on the occasion of her 500th birth anniversary. Additionally, holy

water from the martyrdom site of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, Gurudwara Sheesh Ganj

Sahib in Delhi, will also be brought to the conference to mark the 350th

martyrdom anniversary.

The

National Conference will commence on 28 November, with former ISRO Chairman

Shri S. Somanath gracing the inaugural session as the Chief Guest. During the

conference, the Prof. Yashwantrao Kelkar Youth Award Ceremony will also held in

memory of Prof. Yashwantrao Kelkar, known as the architect of ABVP for

providing the organisational strength. In this ceremony, Gorakhpur’s Shri

Shrikrishna Pandey who has played a significant role in social welfare will be

honoured with the Prof. Yashwantrao Kelkar Award. Uttarakhand Chief Minister

Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami will attend the award ceremony as the Chief Guest.

Throughout the conference, there will be deep reflection and discussion on

contemporary issues of importance such as education, society, environment,

service, sports, and technology. The Resolution Committee will consider various

suggestions received from across the country and the relevant resolutions will

be passed in the conference.

One

of the key attractions of the conference is a grand exhibition named ‘Maharani

Abbakka Exhibition’. It features ABVP’s ideological lineage, national and

state-level campaigns of the organisation, heroes of the freedom struggle,

icons of cultural renaissance, and, in particular, the valour of Rani Abbakka

presented with great impact. The exhibition will be inaugurated by Acharya

Balkrishna as the Chief Guest.

ABVP

National General Secretary Dr. Virendra Singh Solanki said, “This 71st National

Conference of ABVP is especially significant as it is being held in Devbhoomi

Uttarakhand for the very first time. Hundreds of karyakartas in Uttarakhand are

engaged in the preparations for this grand event and will welcome more than

1500 delegates arriving from all over the country. Students, teachers,

academicians, and ABVP’s full-time workers from all districts and major universities

will participate in this three-day conference, where they will deeply

deliberate on crucial subjects like education, society, environment, service,

sports, and technology and pass important resolutions. In the Bhagwan Birsa

Munda Nagar set up at Dehradun’s Parade Ground, Uttarakhand’s rich culture,

freedom fighters, and revered personalities have been given special prominence,

which will surely inspire the youth with greater dedication towards the nation.

This conference will spread positive energy among youth, and after the process

of deep discussion and reflection, the delegates will return to their regions

and educational institutions to work in the interest of the nation and

students, keeping the idea of ‘Nation First’ at the forefront.”

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi