Tarun Chugh is one of India?s leading politicians. He is currently serving his second term as the national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Chugh is also the party in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Telangana, besides being a mentor to the youth wing of the party. He is an erudite politician and a leading debater in the political space in India. He takes keen interest in literature and art. Chugh hails from Amritsar in Punjab. He shot to national limelight in 1999 after taking out a 2,100-km-long Yuva Chetna Yatra to awaken the youth to national duty. Chugh has risen through the ranks of the BJP from the grassroots. He is a nationalist at heart and aspires to see India emerge as an economic superpower. Chugh has been actively involved in mentoring youths and students by overseeing training programmes to groom future leaders of the country.