MY Bharat 'Know Your Vote' Campaign Ends, Reaches 1 Lakh Youth

A nationwide voter awareness drive for young Indians has wrapped up. The 'Viksit Bharat Yuva Samvad: Know Your Vote' campaign, run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports through Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat), ended on Thursday, 5 November 2026. In all, 536 Yuva Samvads (youth dialogues) were held in 31 States and Union Territories, reaching 100,493 young people with the help of 536 Youth Icons. The ministry shared the results on 6 November 2026.

The campaign in numbers

What the campaign set out to do

The dialogues were held on college and institution campuses. Their purpose was to help young people, and above all first-time voters, learn about their right to vote and how elections are conducted, so that they take part in democracy in an informed and responsible way. Participants could clear doubts about electoral procedure, talk about civic duties and speak directly with elected representatives and Youth Icons. Sessions also urged them to check information against authentic sources and to judge claims critically.

Activities

• Quizzes and question-and-answer sessions
• The Loktantrik Pledge
• Registration on the MY Bharat portal

Who joined in

Governors, Union and State ministers and MPs joined the dialogues. Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, attended in Chandigarh, and Nagaland Governor Nand Kishore Yadav attended in Dimapur. In Delhi, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal and Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu met students. Sportspersons also took part: international rugby player Amandeep Kaur spoke in Punjab, rowing icon Kulwinder Singh met students in Moga, and Bhumika Shukla met participants in Jaipur, while sessions in Uttar Pradesh highlighted cycling and Khelo India.

MY Bharat is the youth platform of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and this campaign tied its Viksit Bharat outreach to electoral literacy among the young.