MY Bharat Holds 50 Know Your Vote Yuva Samvads

Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat), which works under the Department of Youth Affairs in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, held 23 editions of 'Viksit Bharat Yuva Samvad: Know Your Vote' on 29 October 2026 in colleges and institutions spread over 12 States and Union Territories. Those sittings drew 5,481 young people. The aim is to tell first-time voters what their vote is worth: the rights that come with it, how the electoral machinery actually works and what a citizen owes the system in return.

How far the campaign has run

The campaign runs from 26 October to 5 November 2026 and is to reach 500 universities, colleges and institutions. By 29 October, 50 Yuva Samvads had been held across 19 States and Union Territories, drawing 11,787 youth and 51 Youth Icons. Each sitting puts students, elected representatives and Youth Icons in one room to talk about democratic participation and the part the young are expected to play in building the country.

Where the day's sittings were held

Uttar Pradesh hosted the most sittings, at Ghaziabad, Shahjahanpur, Sultanpur, Balrampur, Budaun, Deoria, Siddharthnagar and Sonbhadra. Madhya Pradesh held three, at Betul, Mandsaur and Narmadapuram, and Gujarat two, at Sabarkantha (Himmatnagar) and Kutch (Bhuj). The rest were held at Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, Shekhpura in Bihar, West Kameng (Bomdila) in Arunachal Pradesh, Agartala in West Tripura, Bengaluru Urban in Karnataka, Kottayam in Kerala, Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, and Mahabubnagar and Ranga Reddy in Telangana.

Who spoke to the students

At Raipur more than 250 youth attended, with Member of Parliament Brijmohan Agrawal as chief guest, and the gathering pledged to uphold constitutional values. In Betul, Union Minister Durgadas Uikey met students along with Youth Icon Yogi Deshmukh. Members of Parliament Sudhir Gupta at Mandsaur and Darshan Singh Choudhary at Narmadapuram joined the discussions, and at Narmadapuram Asian Games bronze medallist Harshita Tomar also spoke on voting rights. Youth Icon Shyam Mogar explained electoral rolls at West Kameng. Agartala had Member of Parliament Rajib Bhattacharjee with Youth Icon Shubhrajit Bhattacharjee. At Kupwara, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Dr Mudasir Ahmad answered questions on electoral procedure, and at Sabarkantha Member of Parliament Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya took part.

What each sitting carries

Every programme includes the Loktantrik Pledge and a 'Know Your Vote' online quiz. Sessions in Uttar Pradesh also covered voter registration, the Viksit Bharat Youth Leadership Dialogue quiz and a Youth Parliament, while Sultanpur ran a question-and-answer round on the Election Commission of India. MY Bharat registrations and QR-code based collection of suggestions were open at the venues.