Vikas Upadhyay

Vikas Upadhyay was born tn a farmer's family in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. His family had no political background but he was attracted to politics from his student days and was known as a firebrand idealist with revolutionary fervor in student politics. He joined the National Students Union of India (NSUI) during his early days of school in 1994. He become the President of NSUI Block, Raipur, was elected as the President of the College Unit and became the District President NSUI. He joined the National Committee as the Secretary, NSUI.[1]

He was given charge of the states of Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. He was elected as the President of the NSUI for the state of Chhattisgarh.[2]

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He was inducted into the Indian Youth Congress national committee as Secretary in 2009.[3] During this time he travelled in the states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura and the union territory of Chandigarh.

After a year as the Secretary of All India Youth Congress, he was made General Secretary of the All India Youth Congress [4] in April 2010 when Rajiv Satav became the National President of Indian Youth Congress. He was given the charge of Delhi, Gujarat, and Daman Diu.[5]

During his period in the Indian Youth Congress, he worked in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman Diu, Orissa, Karnataka, Assam, Chandigarh, and Tripura.

He has launched an anti-drug programme educating the people about the ill effects of drugs and helping families in the rehabilitation of the people affected.

He has taken part in the "Nav Inqalaab" Yatra which is a Pad Yatra launched by the Indian Youth Congress to get in touch with the roots of the country understanding needs, problems, and grievances. He led the states for Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi, and Daman Diu covering 1700 km in Gujarat, 1200 km in Tripura and above 900 km have been covered in Punjab so far.

References

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  2. ↑ "Briefly". The Hindu. 2004-01-30. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
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  4. ↑ TNN Aug 2, 2010, 01.30am IST (2010-08-02). "Rahul Gandhi revamps IYC core team". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  5. ↑ Archived December 30, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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