Gonda: The Youth Welfare and Provincial Guards Department organised a district-level Cultural Track (Youth Festival) at Dr Sampurnanand Auditorium, Town Hall, Gonda, on October 31 under the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2027. The event was held on the theme, “Drug-Free Youth for Viksit Bharat”.
The programme was inaugurated by chief guest Ranjit Baba Kashyap, BJP district general secretary, who lit the ceremonial lamp. Other guests included BJP district minister Deepak Gupta, Sandeep Mehrotra, Manish Dwivedi and Dr Sudhir Pandey, principal of Government Inter College.
Participants from schools, colleges and among Gonda residents competed in five categories. Winners at the district level will get an opportunity to represent the district at the divisional-level Youth Festival.
In poetry writing, Aastha Dwivedi secured first place, followed by Kashish Rai in second and Harshita Singh in third. In painting, Ayushi Gupta won first place, Jyoti Sharma stood second and Almata secured third place.
The team from Government Girls Inter College, Gonda, won the group folk dance competition. Saryu Prasad Girls Inter College emerged victorious in street play, while the Government Girls Inter College, Gonda, team won the folk song category.
At the closing ceremony, representatives of MLC Ajit Singh and the principal of LBS College, Gonda, presented prizes and certificates to the first-, second- and third-place winners.
The jury included Mandavi Tiwari, Shefali Pandey and Abhijit Kumar Singh. Regional Youth Welfare Officer Ayushi Verma, Kuldeep Yadav, Priya Yadav, Ayush and senior assistant Usha supported the organisation of the event.
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